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
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
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday approved two more Covid-19 vaccines -- Sinovac and Sinopharm, Arab News said.
US-Bangla Airlines will resume daily flights on Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka route from September 1 after more than three months.
Oman has lifted its travel ban on 18 countries, including Bangladesh, effective from 12 noon of September 1, four months after imposing the ban due to the rise in Covid-19 infections.
The Saudi government has decided that pilgrims who have received Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine will not be allowed to perform Umrah.
A memorandum of understanding between Egyptair and ALO Dhaka Aviation Ltd was signed in Cairo on August 18 -- to start operating two flights per week between Dhaka and Cairo, starting from November 2021.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Biman are at loggerheads over the confusion created over flight operations to and from India.
Foreign Minister and Biman Bangladesh Airlines are blaming each other over the delay in resuming flights with India inconveniencing several hundred passengers.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and the two local airlines are yet to get the requisite approval from India to resume flights to the neighbouring country from today, leaving hundreds of passengers who bought tickets in a state of suspense.
Although the foreign minister recently said flights with India will resume today, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla and Novoair said they are yet to get any direction from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) in this regard.
Novoair, a private airline of the country, has increased number of daily flights on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route due to growing number of travelers to the popular beach town.
