Air travellers, including migrant workers or those preparing to perform the Umrah, are in for a shock. Airfares are now reaching dizzying heights. In the last month and a half, airfare in different crowded international routes like the Middle East and Malaysia jumped again, almost touching the fare during the Covid-19 pandemic. The fare for the Dhaka-Jeddah route
The airfare for Dhaka-Dammam was between Tk39,000 and Tk42,000 before the pandemic, but it reached Tk80,000-90,000 during the peak of Covid-19 outbreak