777 the stork takes delivery The stork takes delivery As Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd. Prepares for its 40th anniversary in 2012, it’s clear that the national flag carrier has come a long way. Currently, there are 4 Boeing 777-300 ERs, 2 Boeing 777-200 ERs, 2 Boeing 737-800s, 2 Bombardier Q400s and 1 Airbus A330 aircraft in the fleet. Above Image: The 2009 livery (with the 787 shown) was briefly adopted but quickly rejected by the government. Aircraft were reverted back to the previous less-controversial livery (top). Biman Airlines – Biman Bangladesh Airlines partly transcribed from English into Bengali and the other way around, commonly known as Biman is the flag carrier of Bangladesh. It was founded on 1972. It was founded on 1972. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Today Biman Bangladesh Airlines fleet consists of six Boeing 737-800s, four Boeing 777-300ERs, and three Boeing 787-8s, one of which is to be delivered in September 2019. Added to this it has two Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprops expecting to be delivered between March and June of 2020. Biman Bangladesh Airlines corruption.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, has turned 49 today.
Soon after Bangladesh's Liberation War, on January 4, 1972, Biman had its humble beginning as the national flag carrier through a Presidential Ordinance. However, the airline still did not have any aircraft for launching its commercial operation.
On January 16, 1972, Bangladesh Air Force pilots Captain Alamgir Sattar Bir Protik and Captain Shahabuddin Ahmed Bir Uttam met Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and requested him to ask the Bangladesh Air Force to donate to Biman the Douglas DC-3 aircraft, which BAF had received from the Maharaja of Jodhpur along with one Otter and one Alluette helicopter.
Captain Sattar and Captain Shahabuddin both flew that DC-3 during Operation Kilo Flight. Bangabandhu agreed to the request and the DC-3 was handed over to Biman.
The airline commenced its commercial operation from February 4, 1972 with the Douglas DC-3 aircraft. However, the aircraft had only ten seats, and was still not ready to be put into service. It was then configured for passenger operations, fitted with benches to increase capacity to carry 16 passengers, and went through some maintenance work.
The inaugural flight took off from Dhaka for Chattogram and then to Sylhet, Jashore and Ishwardi. Sadly only six days after the first flight, the DC-3 crashed on take-off from Tejgaon Airport during a training flight and Captain Khaleq, Captain Nasir Haider, Cadet Pilot Sharfuddin, Cadet Pilot Moazzem Hossain and Cadet Pilot Mostofa, who were on board, all lost their lives.
Soon after this tragic incident, two Fokker F-27s were procured from Indian Airlines and Biman resumed its journey.
Biman 777 Business Class
Biman now boasts one of the youngest fleets in Asia with four Boeing 777-300ERs, six 787 Dreamliners, six 737-800s and three Dash-8 Q400s.
Source: Bangladesh Aviation Hub's Facebook page and Biman Bangladesh Airlines website.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh, having its main hub at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. And secondary hubs are Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The airlines air service agreement with 42 countries and currently flies 16 different countries. Below find detail names of the destination of Biman. The carrier also known as highest passenger carrying airline in Bangladesh.
As of August 2018, Bangladesh Biman Airlines currently has 12 aircraft. The carrier recently received factory-fresh aircraft Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on August 19, 2018. Presently it has 4 no’s of Boeing 737-800, 4 no’s of Boeing 777-300ER, 1 no of Boeing 787-8 and 3 no’s of Dash 8 Q400. The carrier also ordered 3 more Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner which will be delivered gradually from end of 2018 and 2019.
Bangladesh Biman operates 16 International and 8 Domestic Flights including Dhaka. Now passengers can buy Biman tickets online from Biman website and authorized travel agencies.
Biman 777-300er
- Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Singapore-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Calcuatta-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Kathmandu-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Yangon-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Abu Dhabi-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Dammam-Dhaka
Biman Bangladesh 777
- Dhaka-Doha-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Dubai-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Jeddah-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Kuwait-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Riyadh-Dhaka
- Dhaka-Bahrain-Dhaka
- Dhaka-London-Dhaka