Biman Bangladesh Airlines Launches Flights to Manchester, England

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has resumed flights to Manchester, England.

Bangladesh’s national airline will operate the thrice weekly flights with Boeing 787-9 aircraft configured with 24 seats in business class and 247 in economy class.

Biman will operate direct flights between Dhaka and Manchester, while the return leg will fly via Sylhet. The flight time is about 10 hours.

The airline suspended its previous Manchester service in September 2012 due to insufficient aircraft.

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said, “There is no better way to mark the start of a new year than with the launch of an exciting new long-haul route from Manchester Airport like this one. We know there is a significant Bangladeshi community across our catchment area and this Biman Bangladesh service will be hugely popular with friends, family and business contacts travelling in both directions.”

There are up to 300,000 people of Bangladeshi origin in northern parts of the UK, from Birmingham to Scotland, for whom this service will be their closest direct route to Bangladesh.

Biman’s Regional Manager, Debabrota Mallick, said, “A direct flight from Manchester to Sylhet, and Manchester to Dhaka has been on our radar for quite some time. As part of our business strategy, our main focus has been to connect Manchester to both these thriving parts of Bangladesh. Not only was this due to high demand from the Bangladeshi community in the North, but we also saw a good opportunity to increase tourism and business potential which has been increasing year-on-year. After announcing the resumption of the Manchester flight, we saw the first two weeks of flights being completely sold out. We are very pleased to see such an amazing response, and more Bangladeshi passengers continuing to book through Biman Airlines.”

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