Biman Bangladesh Airlines, commonly known as Biman, is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh. With its main hub at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the airline also operates flights from its secondary hubs at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and as well as Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The airline provides international passenger and cargo services to multiple destinations and has air service agreements in 42 countries. The headquarters of the airline, Balaka Bhaban, is located in Kurmitola, in the northern part of Dhaka. Annual Hajj flights, transporting tourists, migrants, and non-resident Bangladeshi workers and the activities of its subsidiaries form an integral part of the corporate business of the airline. Bangladesh's air transport sector, which is experiencing an 8% annual growth rate thanks to a large number of outbound tourists, domestic tourists, and non-resident Bangladeshi travellers, is very competitive with stiff competition among some private Bangladeshi airlines as well as Biman.
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The air force is primarily responsible for air defence of Bangladesh's sovereign territory as well as providing air support to the Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy. Furthermore, the BAF has a territorial role in providing tactical and strategic air transport and logistics capability for the country.
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, DFC was the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973. He was the CAS at the time of Operation Chengiz Khan, the preemptive strikes that were carried out by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) that marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the war.
Osmani International Airport in Sylhet, is the third largest airport in Bangladesh after Dhaka and Chittagong. The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority and is served by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national airline, which at one point earned most of its revenue from this airport. Private airlines Novoair and US-Bangla Airlines operate domestic flights to Dhaka.
Saipur Airport is a domestic airport located in Saidpur, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Novoair, Air Astra & US-Bangla Airlines operate flights to Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar.
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury is a retired Lieutenant General of the Bangladesh Army and former Director General of the Bangladesh Rifles. He has been serving as an adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh since 16 August 2024.
Air Marshal (retd.) Muhammad Enamul Bari is a former Bangladesh Air Force officer whose last assignment before retiring was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force. He retired on 12 June 2015, after over 30 years of service. He also served as the Chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the flag carrier of Bangladesh for nearly four years. He was replaced by Sajjadul Hassan as the chairperson of Bangladesh Biman.
Air Marshal (retd.) Jamal Uddin Ahmed is a former chief of Air Staff, the highest appointment in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and former chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh. He was promoted to Air Marshal by then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the day of his retirement from the BAF in 2001. Three years later, the Khaleda Zia government voided his promotion, declaring it unlawful because there was no such post in the BAF's organizational chart. He appealed the decision to the High Court, which in 2008 restored his rank of air marshal, ruling that he had been stripped of it illegally.
Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud is a former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force. He negotiated the release of hostages from the hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 472. For his role in keeping the situation under control and securing the lives of every single passenger, the Japanese government conferred upon him the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star" awards.
Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, is a retired Indian Air Force officer, who served as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, having assumed office on 30 September 2019 after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa. He retired on 30 September 2021 and was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
Shafiqul Islam is a retired police officer who served as the 34th police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He was made the DMP commissioner on 14 September 2019. He previously served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Mohammad Saiful Alam is a retired lieutenant general in the Bangladesh Army. His last posting was as the ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, he was the Commandant of National Defence College, Bangladesh. He served as the Quarter Master General (QMG) of the Bangladesh Army in Army Headquarters. He was one of the former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI). He also served as general officer commanding (GOC), 11 Infantry Division and Area Commander, Bogura Area.
Badrul Alam was a squadron leader of the Bangladesh Air Force who fought in the Bangladesh War of Independence, for which the government of Bangladesh gave him the Bir Uttam award, the second highest award for individual gallantry in Bangladesh. In 2016, he received the Independence Day Award.
Bangladesh Air Force Welfare Trust (BAFWT) is a Bangladesh government- and Bangladesh Air Force-supported trust that works for the welfare of retired air force personnel and their families. Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan, Chief of the Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force, is the Present chairperson of the trust.
Sajjadul Hassan is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency during 2023–2024. Prior to this position, he served as a bureaucrat and the chairperson of Bangladesh Biman airlines. He is a former senior secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.
Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Mafidur Rahman is a retired Bangladesh Air Force officer and former chairman of Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh. Prior to that appointment, he was the air officer commanding at two important air bases namely BAF Base Bangabandhu, Kurmitola, Dhaka and BAF Base Zahurul Haque, Patenga, Chattogram.
Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan is a four-star air chief marshal and the current chief of air staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. Prior to that, he served as assistant chief of air staff (planning). Before that, he served as air officer commanding (AOC) of BAF Base Bangabandhu.
Md Mokabbir Hossain is the senior secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology and former secretary of the Public Security Division of the Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs. Earlier, he was chairman of Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council. He also served as managing director and chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Shafiul Azim is a secretary and former CEO and managing director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. He is the former secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission. He is the former Joint Secretary of the Cabinet Division. He was the additional secretary of the Law and Rules Division of the Cabinet Division.
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