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Not sure of the volume of domestic traffic in BD but this must sure be an inconvenience .
Why dont they charter some aircraft ? Financial issues ?
http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-09-20&nid=24282#.UFq8dK5nZ_A
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines suspended all its flights on domestic routes for more than two months to cope with the sudden shortage of aircraft and continue uninterrupted Hajj flights.
The officials of national flag carrier said the daily flights would remain suspended on Dhaka-Chittagong-Dhaka and Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka routes from September 19 to November 29.
Two Boeing-737 aircraft used for domestic flights will join the international routes, the Biman director (marketing and sales), Mohammad Shah Newaz, told New Age on Wednesday.
It will help continue flights on Dhaka-Muscat, Dhaka-Bangkok, Dhaka-Singapore and Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur routes, he said.
Shah Newaz said that Dhaka-Coxs Bazar-Dhaka route was suspended for
runway maintenance a few months back while flights on other domestic routes from Dhaka were already suspended in different phases due to shortage of aircraft.
But sufferings of the passengers remained unchanged after the chaos triggered by a massive rescheduling of flights continued till Wednesday.
Biman apologised for the unexpected situation erupted as an Air Atlantic plane, leased by Biman, that did not fly to Dhaka after dropping passengers at Muscat airport on September 12.
Biman officials said that more than 5,000 passengers were affected by the sudden reschedule of flights during the rush Hajj season, when the small-fleet airline depends heavily on other carriers.
On Wednesday, the passengers staged demonstration inside the terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 9am, witnesses said.
Several hundred passengers, mostly workers booked for the Middle Eastern countries and Malaysia remained stranded at the airport for the last four days, still remained in the dark about their flights. Family members were seen waiting anxiously at the airport for their bread-earners.
Amid this chaotic situation, the civil aviation and tourism minister, Muhammad Faruk Khan, paid a sudden visit at the airport at about 11:30am and talked to the officials, the airport officials said.
The minister left the airport at about 12:00 noon avoiding the media people waiting for his comment.
Why dont they charter some aircraft ? Financial issues ?
http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-09-20&nid=24282#.UFq8dK5nZ_A
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines suspended all its flights on domestic routes for more than two months to cope with the sudden shortage of aircraft and continue uninterrupted Hajj flights.
The officials of national flag carrier said the daily flights would remain suspended on Dhaka-Chittagong-Dhaka and Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka routes from September 19 to November 29.
Two Boeing-737 aircraft used for domestic flights will join the international routes, the Biman director (marketing and sales), Mohammad Shah Newaz, told New Age on Wednesday.
It will help continue flights on Dhaka-Muscat, Dhaka-Bangkok, Dhaka-Singapore and Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur routes, he said.
Shah Newaz said that Dhaka-Coxs Bazar-Dhaka route was suspended for
runway maintenance a few months back while flights on other domestic routes from Dhaka were already suspended in different phases due to shortage of aircraft.
But sufferings of the passengers remained unchanged after the chaos triggered by a massive rescheduling of flights continued till Wednesday.
Biman apologised for the unexpected situation erupted as an Air Atlantic plane, leased by Biman, that did not fly to Dhaka after dropping passengers at Muscat airport on September 12.
Biman officials said that more than 5,000 passengers were affected by the sudden reschedule of flights during the rush Hajj season, when the small-fleet airline depends heavily on other carriers.
On Wednesday, the passengers staged demonstration inside the terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 9am, witnesses said.
Several hundred passengers, mostly workers booked for the Middle Eastern countries and Malaysia remained stranded at the airport for the last four days, still remained in the dark about their flights. Family members were seen waiting anxiously at the airport for their bread-earners.
Amid this chaotic situation, the civil aviation and tourism minister, Muhammad Faruk Khan, paid a sudden visit at the airport at about 11:30am and talked to the officials, the airport officials said.
The minister left the airport at about 12:00 noon avoiding the media people waiting for his comment.
