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File photo of Boeing 777-300 ER flying under the banner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune. A press release was issued in this regard on Sunday. Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to resume all its flights bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) after the KSA government’s lifting of the ban on all. 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). BOEING 777-3E9 ER Biman Bangladesh Airlines BBC3269 KLAX-RJBB #IVAOTH. Aviation Photo #2493137 Boeing 777-3E9/ER - Biman Bangladesh Medium Large Tweet. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper.
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.
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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 on Friday took delivery of its first new Boeing 777-300ER widebody jet (reg S2-AFO), which wore the airline’s new livery.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines first Boeing 777-300ER taxis to the runway at Paine Field, Washington. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)
This first plane and the three additional 777-300ERs on order will replace the Dhaka-based carrier’s four vintage McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, which in recent years have been banned from flying to Europe and the United States due to safety concerns. The “newest” Biman DC-10 is 23 years old, while the remaining three are all between 32 and 33 years old. The airline also leases a handful of Boeing 777-200s
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The delivery was also a milestone for Boeing, marking their 300th 777-300ER delivery. Biman Bangladesh becomes the 27th airline to operate the type, with 10 more to receive the jets through 2014. Boeing’s total 777-300ER backlog now stands at
Kuala Lumpur will be the new jet’s first destination from Dhaka. The airline plans to resume service to New York via Manchester as more new aircraft come online.