Dhaka, March 29 -- China Eastern Airlines has planned to operate flights from Bangladesh's port city of Chattogram to Kunming to help people from the country's east to take treatment in hospitals in the southern Chinese city, officials said Saturday.

China has dedicated four Kunming hospitals for the treatment of patients from Bangladesh, but the high air ticket cost is seen as a major impediment to travel to the Chinese city.

Officials said the planned flights between Kunming and Chattogram will bring down travel costs and time, paving the way for more Bangladeshis accessing healthcare facilities in China.

Md Nazmul Islam, Bangladesh Ambassador to China, said the authorities in Kunming have dedicated hospital floors for Bangladesh peo...