Fleet Info
On 4th January 1972, Biman Bangladesh Airlines made its journey with a DC-3 aircraft. After procured two-F-27s, Biman finally took-off on March 7, 1972 with domestic flights to Chittagong and Sylhet from its base in Dhaka. Shortly afterwards, a Boeing 707, joined the airline’s fleet, allowing Biman to begin international flights.By the end of the seventies, Biman had a fleet of 8 F27 and 5 Boeing 707. Biman was serving 7 domestic and 18 International destinations.
The eighties was the era of fleet modernization. In 1981 Biman acquired two F-28 aircraft from Fokker Company. In 1983 three DC 10-30 aircraft joined Biman, marking a new era for the airline. In 1989 Biman purchased a new DC-10-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas. Biman started taking out the F-27s from its fleet in phases.
Biman made purchase of two new Airbus 310-300 in 1996. These were two of the last few 310s manufactured by Airbus. The airline operates its own ancillary and maintenance facilities at Shahjalal International Airport, where it carries out all maintenance work on its F28s, and C-Checks on DC-10-30s and A310-300s.
Current
Biman Bangladesh Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 23 November 2011):
| TYPE | REGN. NO. |
|
DATE OF ACQUISITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC-10-30 | S2-ACO | – | 314 | September 23, 1983 | ||||
| DC-10-30 | S2-ACP | – | 314 | August 16, 1983 | ||||
| DC-10-30 | S2-ACQ | – | 314 | December 31, 1983 | ||||
| DC-10-30 | S2-ACR | – | 314 | January 06, 1989 | ||||
| DC-10-30 | S2-ACS | 25 | 274 | December, 1996 | ||||
| A310-300 | S2-ADF | 25 | 196 | August 19 , 1996 | ||||
| A310-300 | S2-ADK | 25 | 198 | February 24, 1999 | ||||
| A310-300 | S2-AFT | 26 | 197 | March, 2010 | ||||
| F-28 | S2-ACV | – | 80 | February 24, 1999 | ||||
| F-28 | S2-ACW | – | 80 | April 12, 1999 | ||||
| F-28 | S2-ADY | – | 80 | May 25, 2004 | ||||
| B737-800 | S2-AFL | 12 | 150 | January, 2010 | ||||
| B737-800 | S2-AFM | 12 | 150 | January, 2010 | ||||
| B777-300ER | S2-AFO | 35 | 384 | October, 2011 | ||||
| B777-300ER | S2-AFP | 35 | 384 | November, 2011 | ||||
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