Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Canadian expats marry onboard Biman flight
An exceptional and uncommon marriage ceremony was held on a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Dhaka to Sylhet - nevertheless maintaining all procedures on Sunday (May 29).
This was the first marriage ceremony to take place onboard a flight in Bangladesh. National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cooperated with the event.
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The bride and bridegroom are Khairul Hasan and Saudia Binte Sanjida, two Bangladeshi expatriates in Canada.
A total of 16 members from both families were present at the marriage ceremony.
Confirming the matter on Monday, Tahera Khandaker, public relations officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said details of the marriage ceremony will be disclosed later to the media.
According to family sources, Khairul and Saudia are travel enthusiasts who planned to marry during a flight in the skies of Bangladesh - in a sense to symbolise their passion for travel.
As planned, they, along with their invited family members boarded the regular Biman flight BG-603 from Dhaka to Sylhet at 3:30pm on Sunday. On the way to Sylhet, the marriage ceremony was completed, maintaining all rituals.
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The groom, Khairul Hasan, said: “We have decided to keep the day memorable. We miss road travel in Bangladesh a lot. We have taken permission from the Biman Bangladesh Airlines authority one month ago for holding the marriage ceremony.”
Kazi (Marriage registrar) Omar Farooq administered the marriage ceremony while all passengers of the flight prayed for the newly-wed couple and congratulated them.
Biman's 2 Boeings that collided at airport 'ready to fly' again
The two Boeing aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines that collided with each other in the hangar area of Dhaka airport have come into operation on Thursday.
However, the incident is still under investigation, said a media release from Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
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Earlier on Sunday, the Boeing 777-300ER collided with the Boeing 737-800 aircraft while entering the hangar inside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The radome and front bulkhead of the 777 aircraft and the horizontal stabilizer on the left of the 737 aircraft were partially damaged due to the collision, said the release.
The two damaged aircraft have been readied for take off in a short period of time due to the efforts of skilled aircraft engineers.
Biman hopes to launch regular Dhaka-Toronto commercial flights from June
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is likely to launch regular commercial flights on the Dhaka-Toronto route, three days a week, from next June, said State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali Thursday.
Dhaka-Toronto direct flight was a long-standing demand of Bangladeshi expatriates living in Canada, he added while speaking with the media at a city hotel.
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Lily Nicholas and Air Commodore (Retd) Md Mahbub Jahan Khan, director (corporate planning and training) of Biman, were also present.
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Marking Independence Day, Biman will operate a round trip flight between Dhaka and Toronto on March 26. The round trip is an experimental commercial flight. Tickets went on sale on March 19.
Bird strike grounds Biman's Sylhet-London flight; passengers suffering overnight
A BG-10 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got hit by a bird at the Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of a Sylhet to London flight.
The aircraft's engine stopped operating after getting hit. The glitch in the engine was identified before the plane was supposed to leave for London’s Heathrow Airport at 10 am, said Hafiz Ahmed, manager of the airport.
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Some 256 passengers with tickets had to suffer as the flight got delayed till Monday.
“Though some engineers from Dhaka and Sylhet managed to repair the technical problems in the engine by Sunday evening, the plane couldn’t fly as flight operation at the London airport was closed at night” said the airport authority.
The flight will now leave for London at 10 am Monday, Hafiz added.
Biman to resume online ticket sale from Feb 27
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its online ticket sale from February 27.
Biman is going to restart services including online ticketing, booking, check-in, web service on February 27 through new Passenger Service Solution (PSS) "SABRE" for the convenience of passengers, said a media release.
Now Biman passengers will again be able to enjoy all the facilities including online ticket purchase from the airline's website.
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For transferring information from the existing service solution SITA to SABRE, ticket booking/reservation and ticket issuing related services will remain closed from 3:45 pm on February 26 to 3 am on February 27, added the release.
From the morning of February 27, all the sales centres of the airline, commercial website (www.biman-airlines.com), air call centre (019909977997) and normal operation of reservation and ticketing through its authorised sales agent will be automatically operational.
Biman guard, passenger held with gold worth Tk2.25 crore at Dhaka airport
Police detained two people, including a security guard of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, with 30 gold bars worth Tk2.25 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday evening.
The detainees are security guard Ibrahim Khalil and Kamal Uddin, a passenger who arrived at the airport on a Biman flight from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh.
The Airport Armed Police Battalion first detained Ibrahim due to his suspicious movement; he handed gold bars, weighing around 3.5kg, from inside his jacket.
Kamal, who carried the gold to the airport, was held based on the information given by Ibrahim, said Ziaul Haque, additional superintendent (media) of the Airport Armed Police.
"Noakhali's Ibrahim was supposed to get Tk1.95 lakh to take the gold bars out of the airport after Feni's Kamal brought the precious metal there. A case will be filed against them at Airport Police Station," he added.
Biman to resume Ctg-Sylhet-Ctg flights from Jan 8
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its domestic flights on Chattogram-Sylhet-Chattogram route from January 8.
A Biman press release on Monday said the decision was taken considering the increasing passenger demands and to increase connectivity between the internal destinations.
A BG 511 aircraft will take off from Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport at 11:15 am every Saturday, Tuesday and will reach Sylhet at 12:35 pm.
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A BG 512 aircraft will take off every Saturday, Tuesday at 1 pm from Sylhet Osmani International Airport and will reach Chattogram at 2:20 pm, said the press release.
Passengers will be able to buy tickets from its sales offices, sales centres at Biman head office located at Balaka and other licensed travel agencies. The passengers can also contact Biman call centre on 01990997997 numbers for any queries.
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4 held with 11 kg gold at Sylhet airport
Customs officials detained four people along with 11 kgs of gold at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Monday.
The detainees are Makbul Ali, son of Abdul Ahad, Bashir Uddin, son of Mantaz Ali, Sultan Ahmed, son of Najim Uddin of Kanaighat upazila and Sheikh Mohammad Zahid of Nabiganj upazila.
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Al Amin, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Customs, said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-248 landed at the airport around 9 am from Dubai.
Tipped off, a team of customs officials challenged four passengers of the flight and recovered the gold worth Tk 7 crore from their luggage.
The gold was brought tactfully concealing in iron machines and juicers after melting it, said Al Amin.
Biman resumes direct flights to Abu Dhabi
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has resumed its direct flights from Dhaka to Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate on Sunday and Thursday, said a press release.
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Besides, the national flag carrier will resume its direct flight from Dhaka to Dubai from Monday and five flights will be operated on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, it said.
The passengers can purchase their tickets from its office and travel agencies, the release added.
Biman to operate direct flight on Saidpur-Cox's Bazar route
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate a direct flight on the Saidpur-Cox's Bazar-Saidpur route from October 7.
The flight, BG 592, will depart from Saidpur for Cox's Bazar every Thursday at 9.30am, starting October 7. Flight BG 536 will be the return, leaving Cox's Bazar for Saidpur every Sunday at 1.25 pm.
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Passengers will now be able to purchase tickets for this route through any of Biman sales offices, Biman Call Center 01990998998 and authorized travel agencies.
Free AC coach service will be provided for Biman passengers from Saidpur Airport to Rangpur and Dinajpur and from Rangpur and Dinajpur to Saidpur airport.
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Passengers willing to take the coach service are asked to be present at the pickup points in Rangpur or Dinajpur at least 2 hours before the departure time.