Biman launches new Boeing on Dhaka-London route tomorrow
Friday, 5 February 2010
Mashiur Rahaman
The state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate its newly leased Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for the first time on the Dhaka-London-Dhaka route tomorrow (February 6).
This will be Biman's first flight with the newly launched livery, inaugurated by the prime minister on February 3, a Biman official told the FE.
"The 323-seater fuel efficient aircraft, numbered BG017, is going to make its maiden flight to London at 9:50am," the official from the Biman's schedule planning department said.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft will replace age-old DC10-30 to London and other European destinations.
The national flag carrier airlines finalised the lease contract for two long-haul Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with Lisbon-based Euro Atlantic Airways in September 2009. Biman received the first aircraft, decorated with new brand logo, from the company on January 21.
"Among four weekly flights to London, Biman has planned to operate three flights with the Boeing 777-200ER, and one with 240-seater Airbus 310-300," the official said.
Operating the much-demanded route with two state-of-the-art aircraft, Biman is expecting to realise a good profit from it, he added.
The other mid-haul Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 189 passenger capacity, which Biman received on January 25 from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), is going to make its maiden flight on February 7 to Nepal capital Kathmandu.
Biman received another Boeing 737-800 aircraft from GECAS Thursday. Besides, its leased Airbus A310-300s is expected to arrive in the country on February 12, delayed for over a week for some complications in documentation.
Euro Atlantic is likely to handover another Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to Biman soon, the company official said.
Biman currently owns three types of aircraft - four McDonnell Douglas DC10-30s, four Fokker F28s, and two Airbus A310-300s. Production of DC10-30s and F28s came to an end in the 1980s due to their lack of viability.
The state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate its newly leased Boeing 777-200ER aircraft for the first time on the Dhaka-London-Dhaka route tomorrow (February 6).
This will be Biman's first flight with the newly launched livery, inaugurated by the prime minister on February 3, a Biman official told the FE.
"The 323-seater fuel efficient aircraft, numbered BG017, is going to make its maiden flight to London at 9:50am," the official from the Biman's schedule planning department said.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft will replace age-old DC10-30 to London and other European destinations.
The national flag carrier airlines finalised the lease contract for two long-haul Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with Lisbon-based Euro Atlantic Airways in September 2009. Biman received the first aircraft, decorated with new brand logo, from the company on January 21.
"Among four weekly flights to London, Biman has planned to operate three flights with the Boeing 777-200ER, and one with 240-seater Airbus 310-300," the official said.
Operating the much-demanded route with two state-of-the-art aircraft, Biman is expecting to realise a good profit from it, he added.
The other mid-haul Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 189 passenger capacity, which Biman received on January 25 from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), is going to make its maiden flight on February 7 to Nepal capital Kathmandu.
Biman received another Boeing 737-800 aircraft from GECAS Thursday. Besides, its leased Airbus A310-300s is expected to arrive in the country on February 12, delayed for over a week for some complications in documentation.
Euro Atlantic is likely to handover another Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to Biman soon, the company official said.
Biman currently owns three types of aircraft - four McDonnell Douglas DC10-30s, four Fokker F28s, and two Airbus A310-300s. Production of DC10-30s and F28s came to an end in the 1980s due to their lack of viability.