Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its Dhaka-Frankfurt flight on Monday after a suspension of almost seven years, creating the 19th overseas destination of the national flag carrier.
Biman will operate the flights on the new route to German business hub Frankfurt with its newly inducted Boeing 777-300ER, a Biman official confirmed.
The Flight BG 055 will leave Dhaka on Friday and Monday at 10 am for Frankfurt and reach there at 18:40 local time. Similarly flight BG 056 will leave Frankfurt at 20:10 local time on Friday and Monday and arrive in Dhaka at 13:00 hour local time next day.
Frankfurt came under Biman's wings in 1986 and Biman had served the route for more than 19 years at a stretch.
The flight was suspended in 2006 in the wake of aircraft constraints. Now with the acquisition of new aircraft, the airline is considering resumption of flights to places where it had presence in the past.
It is expected that the route will give a boost to Bangladesh-German bilateral trade, the official said.
The national flag carrier had offered 50 percent discount to its airfare for the resumed inaugural flight to Dhaka-Frankfurt- Dhaka.
BBN/SSR/AD-30Mar14-9:31 pm (BST)