According to the forum members, 28 GSA companies are currently active in Bangladesh
This is the second Pakistani airlines after Fly Jinnah to be greenlit for flights between the countries
Passengers are experiencing severe difficulties due to frequent flight diversions caused by low visibility amid dense fog during winter, as pilots are unable to land aircrafts in the absence of a Category 2 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Dhaka airport.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced flights on five international routes due to financial losses and a decline in passengers.
For passengers with past experience of the Dhaka airport, the prospect of flying into Bangladesh’s capital has not been a pleasant one, chiefly because of the seemingly interminable delays in getting their checked-in baggage.
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.
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.
Appointments of nine pilots to Biman have been cancelled due to irregularities in the recruitment process, State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali said yesterday.
Several pilots who were recruited by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, will be dropped from the national flag carrier due to irregularities, corruption and nepotism in the recruitment process, State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali said today.
Alleged anomalies in Biman’s recent recruitment of pilots have stirred resentment as well as concerns over flight safety among the pilots of the airline.
Bangladesh Airline Pilots’ Association today demanded that the authorities of the national flag carrier carry out investigation regarding irregularities in recent recruitment of contractual pilots and anomalies in the training department “causing huge financial loss to Biman”.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines started operating flights on Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route from yesterday morning.
A Boeing 787 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was damaged after a bird hit an engine of the Dreamliner during landing at Sylhet Osmani International Airport yesterday.
Two similar accidents in front of the hangar of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at the Dhaka airport have raised questions about the national flag carrier’s efficiency and the sincerity of its staff in carrying out their roles.
Passengers yesterday complained of mishandling of luggage and misbehaviour by staffers and employees of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and different airlines.
Passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, most of them migrant workers, today (August 10) opened up about their bitter experiences at the airport including mismanagement in luggage handling and misconduct by different staff and officials of HSIA and airlines.
US-Bangla Airlines will resume its flights from Chattogram to Kolkata from September 1 as per the demand of greater Chattogram residents.
