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Bangladesh
National Airlines to Buy 8 Boeings
Bangladesh
's national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will purchase eight
Boeing aircraft at a cost of 1.265 billion U.S. dollars to revamp the
country's lone dilapidated airlines.
Biman will sign an Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing
representatives on March 15, Chief Advisor's special assistant for Civil
Aviation Mahbub Zamil told reporters on Monday.
Presently, Biman has 11 wide bodied aircraft but only five or six are
operating on international routes.
Of the eight Boeings, the first consignment of four aircraft will be
arriving in 2013 and the second consignment in 2017.
Before arrival of the new aircraft, the Biman procures four Boeing
aircraft on lease.
Biman which was a huge losing concern as a state-run national flag
carrier was transformed into a public limited company in July last year.
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