Biman flies to London non-stop
February 7, 2010
Biman opened its non-stop Dhaka-London flight yesterday with 297 travellers on board. It was a journey without a break, officials said.
An aircraft, 323-seater Boeing 777-200 ER, leased by the state-owned carrier, took off from Zia International Airport at 9.20am, said a senior Biman official.
The carrier will operate three non-stop flights a week on the Dhaka-London route. Also, it will fly to London via Dubai once a week.
Biman officials said the introduction of non-stop flight between Dhaka and London would cut travellers flying hours to 11 hours on average from about 15-hour travel.
Biman initiated the non-stop flights between Dhaka and London after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the airline’s new logo and livery, coloured in the Boeing 777-200ER and Boeing 737-800 NG.
Biman has leased these planes to operate on long-haul and short-to-mid haul routes.
Earlier, British Airways, which left Dhaka in March 2009, had operated non-stop flights to London.
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