New fleet for Biman
We all know that Bangladesh Biman is facing acute shortage of new planes & is looking for a partner to regain its image and keep the flight schedule. But despite lot of adds they couldn't find any suitable partner for forming an alliance. Biman is using outdated planes.
With the introduction of Anglo- French "AIRBUS" there was lot of demand for the last two decades for this aircraft in most of the developed countries due to low cost of maintenance. The " AIRBUS" then became the first choice for most of the airlines in the world & developed & developing countries have ordered in lots for their own airlines. This Anglo- French company has proved its worth in international commercial aviation market & has been able to make very good profit & fame in the commercial aviation market. Boeing though a very old & renowned commercial aircraft manufacturer of the USA was lagging a bit behind when this Anglo- French company came as their competitor.
However Boeing company of the USA has again regained their market due to its safety, stability & less fuel consumption. Biman has opted for Boeing in rebuilding its fleet.
If everything goes smoothly & the present government gives nod to this deal, we are going to receive at least 2/3 Boeing -777- 3R by the end of 2012 & another 2/3 by 2015 . When these aircrafts are added to Biman they will expand their services to New York & other destinations which presently they are unable to reach due to shortage of aircrafts.
Let us all hope that with the addition of the new fleet Biman will fly with new vigour, hospitality & dedicated service in line with the premier commercial airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Thai International, Jet Airways Who have already have the latest version of " BOEING" & "AIRBUS" in their fleets.
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