Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrates 53rd anniversary
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, today celebrated its 53rd founding anniversary with various events and tributes...
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Aviation industry: analysis of struggles
BANGLADESH has had 11 commercial airlines since its independence and of them, only four are still operational. The seven airlines that are now defunct primarily put the closure of the operation down to high operational costs and limited revenue. Of the airlines that are operational, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is state-owned and the rest are private. In the...
Beximco now Tk 1,424 crore loan defaulter at Sonali Bank
Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited, commonly known as Beximco Limited, and GMG Airlines Limited, both entities of Beximco Group, have defaulted on loans amounting to Tk聽1,544 crore with Sonali Bank PLC...
20 gold bars seized at Ctg airport
Law enforcement officials seized 20 gold bars, worth approximately Tk 2.60 crore, from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram Thursday morning....
Bangladesh Biman offers 12pc discount
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is offering a 12 per cent discount on fares on all international routes on the occasion of Christmas, English New Year and the 53rd anniversary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Biman posts Tk聽282cr net profit in FY24
Biman Bangladesh Airlines earned a net profit of Tk 282 crore for the 2023-24 financial year and total revenue of Tk聽10,575 crore, said a press release.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines renews IOSA registration
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has closed the IATA Operational Safety Audit for the 12th time and renewed the IOSA registration valid up to December 14, 2026.
Bangladesh owes $196m in blocked airline funds
The International Air Transport Association has once again called on Bangladesh to immediately release $196 million in blocked revenues owed to foreign airlines, highlighting that the restriction contravenes international agreements...
Pakistan nat鈥檒 airline to resume flights to Europe after ban lifted
Pakistan鈥檚 beleaguered national airline will resume flights to Europe on January 10 after European Union authorities lifted a four-year ban on the carrier, the company said in a statement on Saturday.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrates Security Week
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is celebrating the three-day Security Week started at its head office in Dhaka on Monday.
Drastic fall in Bangladesh-India flights amid visa restrictions
The number of flights on different routes between Bangladesh and India has drastically fallen amid passenger shortages as the Indian government had imposed visa restrictions.
5 Biman officials jailed in Tk 1,164cr loss case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent five former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to jail in a case over leasing two faulty Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt that led to a loss of Tk 1,164 crore...
Bangladesh Biman receives ISAGO, RA3 certificates
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recently received the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations certificate from the International Air Transport Association as the highest recognition in the ground handling sector...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt chief returns home after joining COP29 in Baku
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home this evening wrapping up his Baku tour to attend the global climate meet titled 鈥楥onference of Parties-29 (COP29)鈥�.
Singapore Airlines to spend $800m to retrofit planes
Top carrier Singapore Airlines said Monday it will spend more than $800 million to retrofit the cabins of its long-range Airbus A350-900 planes, as competition toughens.
India warns social media after airline bomb threats
India has warned social media platforms of 鈥榗onsequential action鈥� after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security...
Biman enhances aircraft ground handling capacity
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has purchased state-of-the-art equipment as an initiative to enrich the ground service equipment fleet and increase capacity building based at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport third terminal...
Bangladesh鈥檚 nat鈥檒 flag carrier takes steps to make cargo operation transparent
Biman Bangladesh Airlines authority has installed monitors in the cargo export branch to facilitate access of information to the exporters and also launched a call centre for cargo issue...
Biman felicitates passengers on World Tourism Day
Biman Bangladesh Airlines felicitated its passengers on the occasion of the World Tourism Day on Friday, said a press release.聽
Bangladesh Biman offers discount on World Tourism Day
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is offering 15 per cent discount on various routes on the occasion of World Tourism Day celebrated on September 27, said a...
DSCSC delegation visits Biman
Senior instructor, directing staffs, BAF course participants along with overseas course participants from Defence Services Command and Staff College visited Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited as part of their DSCSC course 2024 (air wing) on Tuesday...
Stakeholders hold meeting to facilitate export shipments by air
A meeting between the Export Promotion Bureau, the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Biman Airlines and foreign airlines was held on Sunday to discuss smoothing of export shipments by air, air freight management and other issues, said a press release...
Biman launches call centre for by-air cargo products聽
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched a call centre for information services related to the import and export of cargo products by air.
Biman reduces ticket price for Umrah
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced a reduction in ticket prices for Umrah pilgrims travelling from Bangladesh to Jeddah and Madinah.聽
Malaysia Airlines finds 鈥榩otential issue鈥� on A350-900 engine
Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it had found a 鈥榩otential issue鈥� with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added that it had been resolved...
Md Shafiqur Rahman new MD, CEO of Biman
Md Safiqul Rahman has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Govt reconstitutes Biman board of directors
The interim government has reconstituted the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Biman reduces ticket price amid flood
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited offered ticket re-dating and re-issue services free of charge, including ticket price reduction, amid the flood situation, said a press release on Saturday...
All corruptions of Banglaadesh Biman will be eliminated: chairman
The chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, said that all corruptions of the airlines would be eliminated...
Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury appointed as new chairman of Biman
Former secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and adviser to the caretaker government Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury has been appointed as new chairman of the board of directors of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited...