Flights from Tel Aviv were part of bilateral air agreements with US, transporting RMG: CAAB

No Israeli flight or plane has landed in Bangladesh, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) clarified in a statement issued today.

The statement was published following recent reports in social and some mainstream media on the matter.

Two flights of American National Airlines took off from Tel Aviv Airport on April 7 and landed in Dhaka Airport in order to ship Bangladeshi -made garments to Europe and Middle East, reads the statement signed by Mohammad Sohel Kamruzzaman, deputy director (public relations) of CAAB.

The flights, carrying Bangladeshi RMG products, departed Dhaka Airport on April 12.

The flights were operated as part of bilateral agreements between Bangladesh and the United States, and Israeli authorities were not a stakeholder, clarified the statement.