‘Biman makes Tk 4.23b profit in just 6 months’

A Boeing 787 with logo of Biman Bangladesh Airlines puts on a display at the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough. Photo: Reuters
A Boeing 787 with logo of Biman Bangladesh Airlines puts on a display at the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough. Photo: Reuters

State minister for civil aviation and tourism Mahbub Ali on Sunday said the Biman Bangladesh Airlines has made a profit of Tk 4.23 billion in six months in the current fiscal year.

“Biman has made a profit of Tk 4.23 billion in the last six months from July to December 2019,” he said while responding to a starred question made by treasury bench lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad of Jamalpur-1 in the House here.

In 2018-2019, the national flag carrier earned a net profit of Tk 2.1780
Billion, said the state minister, adding that the total earning during this
period was Tk 57.95 billioband the expenditure was Taka 57.7710 billion.

Regarding the corruption, he said the administration of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has already been reshuffled, keeping a target to curb corruption and expenditure of the national airlines. So, the corruption of Biman has been reduced drastically, he added.

At present, Mahbub Ali said the ticket selling and seat booking of the
national airlines has already been opened for the public with the launching of a mobile app named ‘Biman Airlines’.

Bangladesh Biman is now operating 18 aircrafts to 17 international
destinations in 12 countries and 7 stations under the domestic route.