Kamruzzaman Bablu :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Biman’s third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Gangchil” today (Thursday).
She will inaugurate the brand new aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:00am, officials said.
The inauguration ceremony will be held in VVIP Terminal at the airport.
“After the inaugural ceremony, the Boeing aircraft will fly for Dubai will fly for Dubai in its maiden commercial flight (BG-027) at 5.30pm,” Tahera Khandker, Deputy General Manager (PR) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told The New Nation on Wednesday.
Earlier on July 25, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was added to the Biman’s fleet raising the number of its total aircraft to 16.
Gangchil has 271 seats comprising 24 business class and 247 economy class seats. The business class seats can be flattened to 180 degrees straight.
The passengers can receive modern facilities including internet and mobile phone calling.
With the state of the art technology equipped Dreamliner, the number of aircrafts in the national airlines stood in 15.
In 2008, Biman signed a deal to purchase 10 planes from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Of these, Biman has already received four new Boeing 777-300ERs, two 737-800s, and three 787-8s Dreamliner.
The first Dreamliner Boeing 787-8, Akash Beena, arrived in Dhaka on August 2018, while the second one known as Hangsabalaka arrived in December 2018.
In 2008, Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a US$2.1 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 10 new aircraft.
The American multinational Boeing company has already delivered to Biman, four 777-300ER’s, two 737-800’s, and two Dreamliners.
The fourth Dreamliner, Rajhangsha, the latest of 10 new aircraft, will be added to Biman’s fleet in September 2019.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has selected the names of four Dreamliners as Akash Beena, Hansabalaka, Gangchil, and Rajhanso.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Biman’s third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Gangchil” today (Thursday).
She will inaugurate the brand new aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:00am, officials said.
The inauguration ceremony will be held in VVIP Terminal at the airport.
“After the inaugural ceremony, the Boeing aircraft will fly for Dubai will fly for Dubai in its maiden commercial flight (BG-027) at 5.30pm,” Tahera Khandker, Deputy General Manager (PR) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told The New Nation on Wednesday.
Earlier on July 25, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was added to the Biman’s fleet raising the number of its total aircraft to 16.
Gangchil has 271 seats comprising 24 business class and 247 economy class seats. The business class seats can be flattened to 180 degrees straight.
The passengers can receive modern facilities including internet and mobile phone calling.
With the state of the art technology equipped Dreamliner, the number of aircrafts in the national airlines stood in 15.
In 2008, Biman signed a deal to purchase 10 planes from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Of these, Biman has already received four new Boeing 777-300ERs, two 737-800s, and three 787-8s Dreamliner.
The first Dreamliner Boeing 787-8, Akash Beena, arrived in Dhaka on August 2018, while the second one known as Hangsabalaka arrived in December 2018.
In 2008, Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a US$2.1 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 10 new aircraft.
The American multinational Boeing company has already delivered to Biman, four 777-300ER’s, two 737-800’s, and two Dreamliners.
The fourth Dreamliner, Rajhangsha, the latest of 10 new aircraft, will be added to Biman’s fleet in September 2019.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has selected the names of four Dreamliners as Akash Beena, Hansabalaka, Gangchil, and Rajhanso.
