Business Desk :
Bangladesh and Austria have signed Air Service Agreement (ASA) for the first time aiming at operating cargo and passenger flights between the two countries.
Bangladesh Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal and Austrian Transport Minister Norbert Hofer signed the ASA in Vienna on Thursday last, a press release said on Tuesday.
As per the agreement, the airlines companies of both the countries can operate seven passenger flights and seven cargos flights every week.
Several airlines companies of the both countries have already expressed interest to operate direct flights, the press release said.
The direct air connectivity between Bangladesh and Austria will be beneficiary for a huge number of expatiate Bangladeshi living numbers of countries next to Austria including Germany and Italy, it said.
