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Ethiopian Airlines thrives with expert-driven operations
Says its regional director Solomon Bekele
Biman curtails flights on five int’l routes
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced flights on five international routes due to financial losses and a decline in passengers.
Malaysia-bound flights: Biman syndicate hiked ticket prices
The civil aviation ministry has found several Biman officials, including high-ups, fully responsible for the syndicate that artificially hiked the prices of flight tickets to Malaysia in May this year.
Travel agents face existential crisis
The travel agents are facing an “existential crisis” due to the countrywide internet blackout as all activities of around 4,000 travel agents have remained halted since Thursday night.
Cancellation of Flights: Saudi-bound migrants in a bind
Uncertainty looms over the fate of hundreds of Saudi-bound Bangladeshi migrant workers as Saudia airlines cancelled multiple flights following the countrywide internet shutdown since Thursday night.
Biman flight returns to HSIA after AC failure
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight returned to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport shortly after take-off this morning as the cooling system of the plane's air conditioner was not working
Purchase of Boeing or Airbus depends on Biman report
Civil Aviation Minister Faruk Khan today said the decision to purchase Boeing or Airbus aircraft will depend on the evaluation committee's report
Ticket sales, performance key challenges: new Biman MD
Resolving irregularities in selling tickets and improving on-time performance are the two main challenges for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said Biman's new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Jahidul Islam Bhuiyan today
"178 Biman officials punished, suspended in the course of a year"
The national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has either punished, suspended or removed from their jobs at least 178 officials and employees on various grounds in the last year.
ACC visits Biman HQ to probe leasing 2 Boeing 777s from Egypt Air
A team of Anti-Corruption Commission today visited Biman Bangladesh Airlines headquarters as part of its investigation into the corruption allegations regarding taking lease of two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt Air in 2014. The lease caused a loss of around Tk 1,200 crore.
Biman to use own planes for hajj flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to operate this year’s hajj flights with its own aircraft, scrapping its earlier plan to ferry pilgrims in leased aircraft.
Fly Dhaka appoints AirAsia for consultancy services
Fly Dhaka, a new startup private Bangladeshi carrier, has appointed AirAsia Consulting, a new aviation consultancy arm under AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), for consultancy services.
Biman's Dhaka-Toronto flights with Manchester stopover likely from June 26
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has finally taken a decision to make a “conditional technical stopover” in Manchester for Dhaka-Toronto flights until the Russia-Ukraine war is over.
Damage to 2 Boeing Aircraft: 5 Biman officials suspended
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended five of its officials and staff for their involvement in damaging two Boeing aircraft on April 10.
Biman’s principal engineer, 4 others suspended over damage to 2 Boeing aircraft
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended its principal engineer and four others over the damage to two Boeing aircraft on April 10, 2022.
Budget carrier Flynas to ferry hajj pilgrims
After 10 long years, a third airlines -- Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas -- has been granted permission to transport Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims to and from the kingdom.
Oman Air plans daily flights from Dhaka
Oman Air plans to start running daily flights from Dhaka to serve the growing number of passengers from the country as the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital is set to make its new terminal operational, said Sunil V A, regional vice-president of the airline.
Grounded Biman Dash-8 to be operational in a day or 2
The Dash-8 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines which was grounded due to "damaged engines caused by pilot error” is coming into operation within a day or two after around three months.