Demands grow for refund of taxes
Tourism businesses have long demanded that airlines refund the taxes passengers paid on unused non-refundable air tickets...
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3rd Airbus A330 added to US-Bangla
US-Bangla Airlines has further expanded its fleet with the addition of a third wide-body Airbus A330-300, which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here this morning...
Biman files cases against 11 for cheating
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited in a statement on Saturday said that they had expelled 11 candidates and filed cases against them with Tejgaon and Kafrul police stations over cheating, impersonating and using of mobile phones during the written test...
Biman files cases against 11 for cheating
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited in a statement on Saturday said that they had expelled 11 candidates and filed cases against them with Tejgaon and Kafrul police stations over cheating, impersonating and using of mobile phones during the written test...
Biman joins World Tourism Day initiative
Under supervision of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, 鈥榃orld Tourism Day 2025鈥� was celebrated on Saturday, said a press release...
Saudia Airlines opens new ticketing office
Saudia Airlines, the national flag carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Saturday officially opened its new state-of-the-art City Ticketing Office in Dhaka, marking a significant milestone in its longstanding presence in Bangladesh.
Turkish Airlines inks big Boeing deal after Erdogan visits US
Turkish Airlines announced on Friday a deal to buy up to 225 Boeing jets, one day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first White House visit since 2019.
13 expelled for cheating in Biman recruitment test
The authorities of Biman Bangladesh Airlines expelled 13 candidates and handed four of them to the police for allegedly using unfair means during a written test for recruiting cargo helpers (causal).
Japan Airlines hit with second warning over drunk pilots
Japan Airlines publicly apologised Wednesday after a drunk pilot caused the delay of three flights, prompting its second reprimand from the transport ministry in under a year...
Bangladesh Biman鈥檚 postponed Katmandu flights to run today
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is scheduled to run its two postponed flights on the Dhaka-Kathmandu route today...
Biman flight not allowed to land at Kathmandu airport, another flight cancelled
A Biman Bangladesh flight was not allowed to land in Kathmandu due to unfavourable conditions at Nepal鈥檚 Tribhuvan International Airport due to prevailing security situations...
Boeing鈥檚 help sought to check Biman鈥檚 safety standard
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sought Boeing鈥檚 assistance, requesting the US plane manufacturer to send engineers for at least one month to assess safety standards of its Boeing-dominated fleet, following a series of technical glitches reported over the past month.
Adviser Bashir Uddin made Biman鈥檚 board of directors鈥� chairman
Adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Sheikh Bashir Uddin has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited...
Turkish Airlines says offer to buy stake in Air Europa accepted
Turkish Airlines on Tuesday said Air Europa had accepted its 300-million-euro ($350 million) offer to purchase a minority stake in the indebted Spanish airline...
Biman posts record Tk 937cr unaudited profit in FY25
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited posted record unaudited profit of Tk 937 crore for the 2024-25 financial year...
Bangladesh Biman鈥檚 Dammam flight returns from mid-air on alert
A Dammam-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight returned to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Monday afternoon after the pilot detected a technical alert related to cabin pressure mid-air, airline officials said.
American Airlines shares fall
American Airlines shares tumbled Thursday as the carrier projected a third-quarter loss due to lingering weakness in the US leisure market...
Alaska Airlines resumes flights after 鈥業T outage鈥�
Alaska Airlines said Monday it had resumed operations after hours earlier requesting its fleet be grounded because of an 鈥業T outage.鈥�...
Alaska Airlines requests grounding of fleet citing 'IT outage'
Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft according to an advisory notice by the US Federal Aviation Administration, with the company citing an 'IT outage.'
Britain lifts ban on Pakistani airlines
Britain has lifted restrictions on Pakistani airlines, the UK embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, ending a five-year ban on the country鈥檚 beleaguered national carrier...
Airlines operating Boeing jets in India ordered to check fuel switches
India has ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models after they came under scrutiny following the past month鈥檚 crash of an Air India jet which killed 260 people.
JAL keen to assess Dhaka-Narita flight viability
Japan Airlines (JAL) has expressed keen interest in assessing the feasibility of operating direct flights on the Dhaka-Narita route to cater to the rising demand driven by expanding trade, business, and people-to-people ties between Bangladesh and Japan...
Allegation of passenger harassment by Emirates sparks concerns
Allegations of passenger harassment by Emirates Airlines have come under scrutiny after a 71-year-old Bangladeshi-origin US citizen was reportedly denied wheelchair assistance and left standing for hours during her journey to New York, raising concerns over the airline鈥檚 passenger service standards despite its significant operations in Bangladesh...
Biman wins 5 accolades at ShareTrip-Monitor event
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday won five accolades, including gold, at 鈥楢irline of the Year 2024鈥� award giving ceremony, said a press release...
Biman to lease two aircraft soon: CEO
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to lease at least two aircraft in the coming months to address an acute shortage of planes to meet growing passenger demand...
Airlines suspend, reduce flights in Middle East
Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages and the United States joins the fight.
Biman offers special worker fare on 4 more routes
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has expanded its special concessional airfare programme, known as 鈥榳orker fare,鈥� to four additional Middle Eastern countries, namely United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar...
Biman initiates Dreamliner safety checks following Air India flight crash
After an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary inspections across its entire Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity.
Airlines halt many Middle East flights
Global airlines cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other Middle East destinations, or rerouted planes, on Friday after countries shut airspaces following Israeli strikes on Iran.
Team Group MD, Biman pilot die in Canada canoe capsize
Team Group managing director Abdullah Hil Rakib and senior pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Captain Md Saifuzzaman died after the canoe they were on flipped over in Sturgeon Lake in Canada鈥檚 Ontario on Sunday afternoon (local time)...
