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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
United Airways concerned over CAAB initiative to sell 8 of their abandoned aircraft
United Airways has expressed concern over the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh’s latest initiative to sell eight aircraft of the private air operator abandoned at the Dhaka airport since 2016.
Pay Cut Row in Biman: Carrier ‘losing money’ for ticket cancellations
Biman is getting an unusually high number of ticket cancellations and the national flag carriers claims it was due to pilots’ threat of not operating additional flights.
Biman incurs ticket cancellations as pilots decide to refrain from operating extra flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines incurred large numbers of ticket cancellations on various routes, mainly to the Middle Eastern destinations, since Biman pilots decided to refrain from operating extra flights unless authorities address salary disparity between them and other Biman employees by July 30.
‘Threats by pilots to refrain from extra flights tarnished Biman’s commercial interest’
The national airliner today said threats by pilots of Biman that that they would refrain from flying extra flights if the authorities do not address salary disparity between pilots and other employees by July 30 tarnished Biman's commercial interest.
Salary disparity: Biman pilots threaten to go on strike
Pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines vowed to wage bolder demonstration as authorities of the national flag carrier issued an order without addressing salary disparity between its pilots and other employees.
US-Bangla, NovoAir to resume domestic flights from July 15
US-Bangla Airlines and NovoAir will resume flights on all domestic routes from July 15 in compliance with health regulations.
Biman flight returns from Abu Dhabi with 120 passengers after fixing technical glitch
After remaining stranded for several hours due to technical glitch, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight finally landed at the Dhaka airport today morning from Abu Dhabi with 120 passengers on board.