Biman lowers airfare on its 40th anniversary

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday announced its plan to provide 20 percent discount on 13 international and regional routes to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The offer will remain valid until January 15 on Biman's flights to London, Rome, Manchester, Milan, Kuwait, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Kolkata, Delhi, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong, Biman said in a statement yesterday.
The tickets will be available with Biman counters only, and the desired journey has to be completed within March 31, the statement added.
"To felicitate the millions of its loyal customers, the airlines, in a bid to reciprocate, made it convenient to announce a programme of the kind on the eve of this historic milestone," the airliner said.
The national carrier starts operations on January 4, 1972 with a gift of a DC-3 aircraft from Bangladesh Air Force.
Biman is now serving eighteen cities of the world across two continents -- Asia and Europe -- and it has a fleet of two B777-300 ER, two B737, four wide-bodied DC-10 30, two A310-300 and three F28 aircraft.