National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to include a third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to its fleet.
The wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will arrive in Dhaka on Thursday (Jul 25) as the 15th aircraft added to the national flag carrier, reports BSS.
“The new aircraft, 'Gangchil,' from Seattle in USA, will land at Hazrat Shahjalah International Airport (HSIA) tomorrow afternoon,” reads a Biman statement issued on Wednesday (Jul 24).
It is expected that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has named all the Biman Dreamliners thus far, will inaugurate the 3rd Boeing 787-8 on Augt 7, the release added.
The first Dreamliner Boeing 787-8, Akash Beena, arrived in Dhaka on August 2018, while the second one known as Hangsabalaka arrived in December 2018.
In 2008, Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a US$2.1 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 10 new aircraft.
The American multinational Boeing company has already delivered to Biman, four 777-300ER’s, two 737-800’s, and two Dreamliners.
The fourth Dreamliner, Rajhangsha, the latest of 10 new aircraft, will be added to Biman’s fleet in September 2019.
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