Biman Outlines Ambitious Network Growth Plans
Biman Outlines Ambitious Network Growth Plans :: Routesonline
Posted 15/03/2011
BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES has confirmed that it still plans to resume services on the Dhaka – Manchester – New York JFK route this summer and has requested permission from UK and US authorities to extend its licence to serve the two markets. It is currently in discussions to lease a Boeing 777-200 or -200ER to launch the route from May and will then plans to introduce its own 777-300ERs from November or December when the first two of four aircraft it has on order are delivered. The national carrier has served New York since 1993, initially via Brussels and from April 2006 via Manchester, but suspended flights later the same month.
Alongside this route, Biman is also planning new links to Guwahati, Male, Milan, Paro and Sydney over the coming year, resuming flights to Guangzhou and Colombo and serving the Saudi Arabian cities of Dammam and Riyadh directly from Dhaka rather than on a triangle route.
