Biman Bangladesh Airlines

"Biman" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Biman, Iran.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines
বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স
A white flying stork inside a red circle located to the left of the air carrier's name written in green, where the red and green represent the colours of the national flag.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
IATA ICAO Call sign
BG BBC BANGLADESH
Founded4 January 1972; 52 years ago (1972-01-04)
Commenced operations4 February 1972; 52 years ago (1972-02-04)
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Frequent-flyer programBiman Loyalty Club
Subsidiaries
Fleet size21
Destinations30
HeadquartersBalaka Bhaban
Kurmitola, Dhaka–1229, Bangladesh
Key people
RevenueIncrease৳6900.5 crore (US$580 million) (FY 2021-22)[3]
Operating incomeDecrease৳2653.7 crore (US$220 million) (FY 2021-22)[3]
Net incomeIncrease৳1179.2 crore (US$99 million) (FY 2021-22)[3]
ProfitIncrease৳435.56 crore (US$36 million) (FY 2021-22)[3]
Total assetsIncrease৳16377.8 crore (US$1.4 billion) (FY 2021-22)[3]
Total equityIncrease৳2138.36 crore (US$180 million) (FY 2021-22)[3]
Websitewww.biman-airlines.com
Bengali
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines,[nb 1] commonly known as Biman (/biːmɑːn/ bee-mah-n, Bengali: [ˈbimaːn]),[nb 2] is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh.[6] With its main hub at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the airline also operates flights from its secondary hubs at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and as well as Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The airline provides international passenger and cargo services to multiple destinations and has air service agreements in 42 countries.[7] The headquarters of the airline, Balaka Bhaban, is located in Kurmitola, in the northern part of Dhaka. Annual Hajj flights, transporting tourists, migrants, and non-resident Bangladeshi workers and the activities of its subsidiaries form an integral part of the corporate business of the airline. Bangladesh's air transport sector, which is experiencing an 8% annual growth rate thanks to a large number of outbound tourists, domestic tourists, and non-resident Bangladeshi travellers, is very competitive with stiff competition among some private Bangladeshi airlines as well as Biman.[8]: 11 

Created in February 1972, Biman enjoyed an internal monopoly in the aviation industry of Bangladesh for 24 years, until 1996.[9] In the decades following its founding, the airline expanded its fleet and destinations but it was adversely affected by corruption and mismanagement. At its peak, Biman operated flights to 29 international destinations, extending from New York City in the west to Tokyo in the east. The airline was wholly owned and managed by the government of Bangladesh until 23 July 2007, when it was transformed into the country's largest public limited company by the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh. Since becoming a public limited company in 2007, the airline has reduced staff and begun to modernize its fleet. The airline had signed a deal with Boeing to buy ten new aircraft and options for ten more in 2008.[10] After getting delivery of the new planes, Biman expanded its destinations and increased in-flight amenities, especially onboard Internet, WiFi, mobile telephony and live TV streams.[11][12]

During his visit to Dhaka in September 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the order of ten Airbus A350 aircraft for Biman. The Airbus order consists of the purchase by Biman Bangladesh Airlines of two A350F cargo aircraft and eight A350 passenger aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered in stages with two passenger A350 aircraft joining the Biman fleet first.[13][14] Biman Bangladesh Airlines is certified as safe to fly in Europe by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.[15][16] In addition, Biman has also successfully passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit and since then, the airline has resumed flights to some of its previous destinations in Asia and Europe.[17][18] In recent times, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has seen a marked improvement in punctuality, as well as in on-time flight performance, under its new management team.[19]

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  3. ^ a b c d e f "Biman Bangladesh Airlines Annual Financial Report 2021-22" (PDF). Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ Stephanie Jamison (2015). The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of :India. Oxford University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0190633394.
  5. ^ Mukunda, H.S.; Deshpande, S.M.; Nagendra, H.R.; Prabhu, A.; Govindraju, S.P. (1974). "A critical study of the work "Vyamanika Shastra"" (PDF). Scientific Opinion: 5–12. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
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  9. ^ Uddin, Syed Mohd Saleh (2012). "Airports". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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  13. ^ Michel Rose (11 September 2023). "With Bangladesh visit, Macron caps France's Asian pivot". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023.
  14. ^ Jebun Nesa Alo (3 May 2023). "Airbus races to enter Bangladesh to break Boeing's dominance". The Business Standard. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023.
  15. ^ "List of airlines banned within the EU" Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, European Aviation Safety Agency, 4 December 2012
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