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Biman resumes Japan flight Friday

News Desk Transportation 2023-09-01, 11:31am

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Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume its much waited direct Japan flight today (Friday) aspiring to make the Bangladesh Japan direct air connectivity .



Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume its much waited direct Japan flight today (Friday) aspiring to make the Bangladesh Japan direct air connectivity as a profitable route.

The inaugural flight will take off from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:45pm local time and reach Narita International Airport in Japan on September 2 at 9:15 am local time.

Biman will operate weekly three flights with Dreamliner 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft.

The flight will depart from Dhaka every Friday, Monday and Wednesday and from Narita every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali will inaugurate the inaugural flight as the chief guest while Japan ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori to be present.

Biman has already offer lucrative packages with more weight on baggage for its Narita route to attract travelers from Nepal and Kolkata.

Besides Bangladesh, there are about 41,000 Indians, and 1.40 lakh Nepalese nationals living in Japan. So, passengers from India and Nepal can fly to and from Japan via Dhaka in only six hours, sources said.