Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Biman to reissue tickets for journey halted amid COVID-19
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to reissue tickets to all the passengers who had brought return tickets on Dhaka-Dubai and Dhaka-Abu Dhabi routes but could not travel due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Biman to operate flight to Kuala Lumpur from Aug 18
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to operate direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur commercially from August 18.
Biman to resume flight to Kuwait from Aug 4
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to resume its flight operation to Kuwait from August 4.
Valid Covid-19 certificate made compulsory for foreign trips
Travellers going abroad from July 23 - the day international flights to and from Hazrat Shahjalal Airport are slated to resume - will be required to produce a coronavirus test certificate before boarding their flight.
Biman, NovoAir ink deal to carry each other’s passengers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines and NovoAir on Wednesday signed a special re-protection agreement for transporting each other’s passengers on domestic routes.
Biman halts Dubai, Abu Dhabi flights until July 16
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has halted all its flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi due to ‘unavoidable reasons’ the national flag carrier said.
Biman to resume flights on Dubai, Abu Dhabi routes from July 6
Flight operations on Dubai and Abu Dhabi routes will resume on Monday (July 6) after three months of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.
386 Bangladeshis return home from Saudi Arabia on special flight
A total of 386 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Saudi Arabia amidst the ongoing shutdown of flights over the coronavirus pandemic, returned home by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday night.
Flight operations on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route resume
Flight operations on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route resumed on Sunday after over two months of suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“A Biman flight carrying 187 passengers left Dhaka for London at 12:02pm,” said Tahera Khandaker, deputy general manager (PR) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
A scheduled flight will leave Dhaka every week on Sunday and another will come from London on each Monday, she added.
Earlier on June 18, Mokabbir Hossain, managing director and CEO, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said Biman flights would be operated once a week on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route from Sunday.
Intending travellers are advised to contact helpline number- 01777715613-16.
On June 16, flight operations on international routes from Bangladesh resumed after over two months of suspension.
A flight of Qatar Airways left Dhaka while another flight from Doha arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday, Group Captain AHM Towhidul Ahsan, Director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport told UNB.
On June 1, Civil Aviation authority permitted operation of all domestic flights maintaining social distancing and following health guidelines.
Covid-19: Emirate Airlines gets nod to operate flights from Dhaka
Covid-19 pandemic grounded flights across the world, disrupting air communication and forcing the aviation industry to count unprecedented losses.