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.
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
Civil Aviation Minister Faruk Khan today said the decision to purchase Boeing or Airbus aircraft will depend on the evaluation committee's report
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.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to expand its business in a bid to make a yearly turnover of Tk 9,500 crore, from the current Tk 6,650 crore, said Biman Managing Director and CEO Zahid Hossain yesterday.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to expand its business in a bid to make a yearly turnover of Tk 9,500 crore from the current turnover of Tk 6,650 crore, Biman Managing Director and CEO Zahid Hossain said today.
