Biman Bangladesh banks on freighter expansion

Biman Bangladesh the national carrier of Bangladesh has confirmed it is looking at a big expansion of its freighter operations in order to gain more of the country’s booming air cargo market. “Biman is looking to new freighter services as the cargo market in Bangladesh is huge,” an official with the carrier told Air Cargo […]

BFFA seeking to end direct cargo flight bans to Bangladesh

Britain recently lifted its ban on direct cargo flights from Bangladesh but a small number of other countries, including Australia, still require third country screening, an inconvenience the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BFFA) wants to end. “This is an expensive thing for us,” BFFA finance director Muammar Ahmad told Air Cargo Week in an interview […]

Exclusive: Biman cargo rebounds after London lifts ban

Biman Bangladesh is seeing cargo pick up sharply after a ban on direct flights to Britain was lifted, Binman acting general manager for Cargo, Mohd Arif Ullah told Air Cargo Week. UK authorities ended the ban on March 12, with Biman starting cargo operations to Heathrow two days later. Biman started to move some “17 […]

Sales strong for Globe Air Cargo

Strong industry performance has boosted year-on-year sales revenue by six per cent this year at Globe Air Cargo with all carriers it represents seeing surging numbers. The ECS Group subsidiary sells cargo in the UK for Aeromexico, Biman Bangladesh (pictured above), Bulgaria Air, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Gulf Air, Middle East Airlines, MNG, Royal Air […]

Ban on direct cargo flights from Bangladesh could soon be lifted

Hopes are rising a ban on direct cargo flights from Bangladesh could be lifted soon a senior official with Biman Bangladesh tells Michael Mackey. Airport regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), is near to completing the installation of dual view scanning machines, something their overseas counterparts wanted, Biman managing director and chief executive officer, […]