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Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air said Monday it will buy 20 widebody Airbus A330-900 planes, doubling its order from the aviation giant in a deal worth an estimated $8 billion. The budget carrier’s chairwoman Nguyen Thi Phuong...

Private airline Air Astra is poised to reinstate its flight services on the Dhaka-Sylhet route beginning May 29, aiming to enhance travel accessibility for passengers in anticipation of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivities. The airline will operate...

Private airlines in Bangladesh today stressed on bringing reforms of the decades-old Civil Aviation Rules (CAR) 1984 on an urgent basis, urging the government to draft a modern aviation policy that includes mechanisms for voicing sectoral...

British no-frills airline EasyJet on Thursday announced a widening of net losses for the first half of its financial year as fuel and other costs increased. EasyJet, which flies mainly in Europe, said losses after tax...

Qatar Airways posted a 28 percent jump in annual net profit to a record $2.15 billion on Monday, days after sealing a major Boeing deal during US President Donald Trump’s visit. “These record-breaking results are a...

Following the approval granted to Fly Jinnah, another Pakistani airline, AirSial, has now received authorization from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to initiate direct flight operations between Bangladesh and Pakistan. “We have granted clearance...

Following an incident on May 16th involving the detachment of a wheel from one of its Dash-8 Q400 aircraft during take-off from Cox’s Bazar, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has established two investigative committees and implemented an immediate...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced today the temporary cessation of its direct flight operations on the Dhaka-Narita-Dhaka route, effective from July 1st. The national flag carrier attributed this decision to operational exigencies arising from the ongoing Hajj...

The night of Thursday, May 8, saw the departure of the third cargo flight from Sylhet Osmani International Airport for Spain. At 10:27 p.m., a chartered Galistair Aviation freighter (flight 8S-1934) bearing 60 tonnes of ready-made...

Delta Air Lines must face a proposed class action by passengers who said it refused to offer full refunds after delaying or canceling their flights following a massive computer outage last July, a federal judge ruled...