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.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced an 18-month ban on Australians travelling abroad will be lifted from next month, easing one of the toughest COVID-19 restrictions imposed globally.
Bangladesh’s aviation sector will grow almost threefold over the next 15 years, State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali said today.
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) has received approval from the United Arab Emirates regarding operations of RT-PCR laboratories at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Covid testing of passengers bound for the Gulf country.
Two former top officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday submitted their statement before a parliamentary body regarding taking lease of two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt, which led to huge losses at Biman.
A flight carrying Bangladeshi expatriate workers will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Dubai after midnight following United Arab Emirates government's approval to six healthcare facilities to carry out Covid-19 tests at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).
Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed, former chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines board and Mosaddeq Ahmed, former Biman MD, today submitted written statements before a parliamentary body over leasing two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt that led to a loss of Tk1,223 crore in total.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume direct flights on Dhaka-Kathmandu route from October 9 and Dhaka-Medina and Dhaka-Kuwait routes from October 10.
The government of United Arab Emirates today gave approval to six healthcare facilities to carry out Covid-19 test of UAE-bound passengers, ending the long wait of Bangladeshi expatriate workers to return to their workplaces in the Gulf country.
Flight to UAE could not be operated today as the authorities of the Gulf country are yet to give their decision on the standard operating procedures (SOP) of Covid-19 test for outbound passengers at Dhaka airport.
A new private airline of the country Air Astra has officially submitted its application for No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).
