The Ministry of Religious Affairs has warned Biman Bangladesh and Saudia airlines over carrying hajj pilgrims to Jeddah, instead of taking them to their scheduled destination, Madinah, causing them immense difficulties.

Although the government had said that immigration of hajj pilgrims at the Saudi end will be completed at Dhaka airport from the first day of hajj flight, it has not happened today.

The first hajj flight carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims is scheduled to take off tomorrow morning (June 5, 2022).

In a latest decision, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is now saying that they have again changed its earlier decision of selecting Manchester as a stopover for its ambitious Dhaka-Toronto route and is considering making Istanbul its technical landing or any other suitable destination.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has backed away from its decision to fly Hajj pilgrims on leased aircraft this time around. Instead, Biman has decided to use its own planes.

After being closed for two years, the Hajj flights from Bangladesh will resume this year. However, various agencies and stakeholders are concerned that only Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudia, Saudi Arabia's national carrier, are permitted to operate the flights, causing potential prices to rise due to monopolisation.

This year’s Hajj flights will start from May 31, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali said today.

The authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today organised a public hearing to improve quality of passenger service and to know complaints of the passengers.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has placed its fleet of Boeing 737 planes under surveillance after a jet crashed in China.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines have decided to reschedule the flights on April 5, 9, 14 and 19 on the Dhaka-Doha route and operate those flights on April 7, 12, 16 and 21.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to return to Dhaka after it failed to land in Kathmandu Airport today.

Officials of Chattogram Customs House and National Security Intelligence seized gold bars worth around Tk 10 crore from beneath the passenger seat of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft at Chattogram airport.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today resumed its flight to Kathmandu which was suspended from March last year as the Himalayan country stopped on-arrival visa over fears of coronavirus spread.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flights to Saudi Arabia for one week from today as the Saudi government has suspended all international flights over the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended suspension of regular flight operations on five routes till November 30 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is allocating seats in phases for Saudi-bound passengers, re-issuing old tickets without any charge.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed direct flights to London from Sylhet today after nine years.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate two more flights on the Dhaka-Riyadh and Dhaka-Jeddah route on September 29 and 30 for migrant workers who bought tickets for March 18-19 and March 18-20.

An investigation committee formed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today blamed immigration authority of Abu Dhabi, UAE for sending back 112 Bangladeshi migrant workers and denying them entry into the country.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today cancelled its scheduled flights from Dhaka to Abu Dhabi as the UAE government is not allowing entry for Bangladeshi passengers bearing employment visas.