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
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is likely to dismiss two engineers responsible for the collision of two planes at a hangar in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last year.
The management made the decision upon completion of investigation into the collision on April 11 last year, sources at Biman told The Daily Star
The captain of a Biman flight was napping in the crew rest area, leaving the cockpit of a Boeing 777-300ER technically unmanned, when a passenger had a heart attack
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has introduced an online travel-date change service for the convenience of passengers.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has brought changes in two major posts, a move that will benefit passengers and make the national flag carrier more efficient, according to insiders.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has brought changes in two major posts, a move which will benefit passengers and bring further efficiency to the national flag carrier, insiders said..Capt S Hossain, who was chief of planning and scheduling department, has been replaced by Capt Ishtiaq Ahmed, sai
In February last year, Biman recruited a batch of contractual pilots to fly its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, claiming that it needed pilots immediately due to a shortage.
Due to a shortage of passengers, Novoair temporarily suspended flights on the Barishal route from August 1 last year
Over 11.35 lakh Bangladeshis migrated to foreign nations in 2022, the highest ever in the history of the south Asian country.
The government has confiscated the bank accounts of Regent Airways to collect dues worth Tk 32.46 crore, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told parliament today.
