A baggage cart of US-Bangla Airlines hit a Boeing 737 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at the Dhaka airport on Saturday night resulting in slight damage to the aircraft.

Bangladesh won’t be able to become a regional aviation hub without an effective aviation sector in the country, top bosses of the country’s air operators and aviation experts said today.

Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) yesterday (June 1, 2022) called upon the government to meet its three-point demand for the survival of the country's ailing airline industry.

The national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has either punished, suspended or removed from their jobs at least 178 officials and employees on various grounds in the last year.

A team of Anti-Corruption Commission today visited Biman Bangladesh Airlines headquarters as part of its investigation into the corruption allegations regarding taking lease of two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt Air in 2014. The lease caused a loss of around Tk 1,200 crore.

The days of lengthy immigration formalities at Dhaka airport will soon be over as 27 electronic gates are set to become operational from June 7.

A group of 160 Bangladeshis returned home from war-torn Libya yesterday under a voluntary repatriation programme coordinated by the government.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to operate this year’s hajj  flights with its own aircraft, scrapping its earlier plan to ferry pilgrims in leased aircraft.

Fly Dhaka, a new startup private Bangladeshi carrier, has appointed AirAsia Consulting, a new aviation consultancy arm under AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), for consultancy services.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has finally taken a decision to make a “conditional technical stopover” in Manchester for Dhaka-Toronto flights until the Russia-Ukraine war is over.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended five of its officials and staff for their involvement in damaging two Boeing aircraft on April 10.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended its principal engineer and four others over the damage to two Boeing aircraft on April 10, 2022.

After 10 long years, a third airlines -- Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas -- has been granted permission to transport Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims to and from the kingdom.

Salman F Rahman, adviser on private industry and investment to the prime minister, today expressed disappointment with the quality of passenger handling services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka after making a sudden visit there.

Oman Air plans to start running daily flights from Dhaka to serve the growing number of passengers from the country as the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital is set to make its new terminal operational, said Sunil V A, regional vice-president of the airline.

The Dash-8 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines which was grounded due to "damaged engines caused by pilot error” is coming into operation within a day or two after around three months.

Incoming passengers to Bangladesh will have to fill-up online health declaration form (HDF) within three days of their departure for Bangladesh,

US-Bangla Airlines, a private air operator of the country, has taken the initiative to make meritorious students pilots at its own cost.

Indian private airline IndiGo started operating its first flight on Dhaka-Hyderabad route from yesterday.

A parliamentary body yesterday asked all authorities concerned not to harass UAE-bound migrant workers on tourist visas at the Dhaka airport.