Round-trip economy ticket of Biman's Dhaka-Toronto flight to cost Tk 1.80 lakh
The much-awaited Biman Bangladesh Airlines' Dhaka-Toronto flight will finally start operating from tomorrow (July 27, 2022).
Although initially Biman authorities claimed that it will be a direct flight, it will now have a stopover in Istanbul, Turkey for 1 hour (for refueling).
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. During the stopover, passengers will not be allowed to leave the aircraft.
However, the flight will come directly to Dhaka while returning from Toronto, Biman said in a press release today (July 26, 2022).
Weekly two flights will be operated on the Dhaka-Toronto route.
A round-trip economy ticket on Dhaka-Toronto route will be Tk 1.80 lakh, sources at Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said.
The maiden flight BG-305 will leave the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:30am on July 27 for Toronto.
Every Wednesday, BG-305 will depart from the Dhaka airport for Toronto at 3:30 am Bangladesh time.
The flight will land in Istanbul at 9 am local time for refueling. After an hour break, the flight will depart from Istanbul and reach Toronto at 1:55 pm local time.
Every Sunday, Biman flight BG-305 will depart from Dhaka at 3:30 am and will land in Istanbul at 8:30am local time. After an hour, the flight will depart from Istanbul and reach Toronto at 1:25 pm local time.
On the other hand, every Wednesday at 7:30 pm local time, BG-306 will depart from Toronto for Dhaka.
The flight will fly non-stop for 16 hours and will land at Dhaka airport at 9:30 pm local time on Thursday.
On every Sunday, the Biman flight will take off from Toronto at 9 pm local time and will reach Dhaka directly on Monday at 11 pm local time.
Biman will operate flights on Dhaka-Toronto route using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
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