PM to inaugurate Dreamliner today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the maiden flight of the country's first Dreamliner 787-8, 'Akash Beena', at Hazrat Shahjalah International Airport today (Wednesday), reports UNB.

After the inauguration, 'Akash Beena' will fly for Kuala Lumpur later in the day, said Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Enamul Bari on Tuesday.

Biman Managing Director and CEO AM Mosaddique Ahmed said three more hired aircraft will join the fleet of the national flag carrier soon.

Initially, 'Akash Beena' will fly to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur every day of the week, he said.

The Dreamliner's economy class fare for its Singapore flight has been set at $200 (excluding taxes and other surcharges) and its Kuala Lumpur flight at $290.

Earlier on August 19, Biman Bangladesh Airlines entered a new era in aviation with the joining of the Dreamliner.

After landing in Dhaka from the US, it was received with the blowing of water cannons as it flew in from Seattle's Boeing Factory, after making an uninterrupted 15-hour flight.

The new aircraft, the fifteenth in Biman's fleet, was received by Muhammad Enamul Bari along with its CEO and members of its board of directors.