Biman Bangladesh opens new UK routes
Biman Bangladesh Airlines celebrated the inaugural B787-9 flight from Manchester (UK) to Dhaka and Sylhet in Bangladesh last week-end, at an event attended by civic leaders and representatives from the Bangladeshi community across the north of the UK. In the coming months, Bangladeshi delegations will visit Manchester to explore opportunities in a range of business fields.
Cargo transported directly from Bangladesh was banned in 2016, following an EU ruling that it was a "high-risk" country for security. Instead, air cargo had to be screened in third-party countries before arrival in the EU.
While the suspension was withdrawn in 2018, Biman Bangladesh continued not to carry perishables into the EU, a factor which raised the opposition of the Bangladesh fruits, vegetables & allied products exporters' association. (ah)