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Biman avrebbe bisogno di un bel rinnovamento totale della sua flotta, sia di lungo che di corto raggio.. i suoi aerei ormai cadono a pezzi..
Purtroppo, però, il Bangladesh è uno degli stati più poveri del pianeta e non riesce ad elargire aiuti economici al vettore statale.
Roma rimane perchè nella capitale c'è una grande comunità bengalese che giustifica gli attuali voli e a FCO si respira meno concorrenza rispetto ad altre piazze...
Il traffico biz movimentato dalle multinazionali che operano in Bangladesh preferisce, in gran parte, viaggiare con British Airways via LHR.
Stando cosi le cose, Biman mantiene in Europa, solamente i voli verso Londra LHR, Bruxelles e Roma FCO.
Purtroppo, però, il Bangladesh è uno degli stati più poveri del pianeta e non riesce ad elargire aiuti economici al vettore statale.
Roma rimane perchè nella capitale c'è una grande comunità bengalese che giustifica gli attuali voli e a FCO si respira meno concorrenza rispetto ad altre piazze...
Il traffico biz movimentato dalle multinazionali che operano in Bangladesh preferisce, in gran parte, viaggiare con British Airways via LHR.
Stando cosi le cose, Biman mantiene in Europa, solamente i voli verso Londra LHR, Bruxelles e Roma FCO.
@ SkySurfer: concordo completamente, Roma ha enormi comunità di persone provenienti da quell'aria (ma anche dall'India e dal Pakistan). Mi sembra che fosse nei piani di BG un rinnovamento flotta tramite l'acquisto di 777 ed A 330...
Confermo che il business è tutto su LHR con BA o fanno scalo in Asia: sfido chiunque trovarsi bene su BG.
Biman in red, shelves plans for new aircraft
By Indo Asian News Service
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) Bangladesh Biman, the country's state run flag-carrier, is in the red and has shelved plans to procure the four Boeing 777s and six Airbus aircraft that it badly needs.
Taking a cue from SriLankan Airlines that has tied up with Emirates, Biman is also looking for a strategic partner, reported The New Nation newspaper.
Biman suspended its Dhaka-New York flights earlier this month after being refused landing rights by the US on safety grounds. This forced the carrier to take its passengers to Canada, causing hardship for people and losses for the airline.
An earlier Dhaka report claimed that the US aviation authorities admitted their 'mistake' and had apologised.
Quoting official sources, the newspaper said a decision not to procure aircraft for the national flag carrier had been taken keeping in view fund constraints.
The Biman management made the $12.5 billion proposal nearly two years ago.
'We need required number of new aircraft urgently, but procurement has become uncertain due to non-availability of funds, said a senior Biman official.
He said price hikes in fuel were key for the losses being incurred. Biman may not meet its target of earning $4.16 million for the year ending June 30.
Informed circles, however, do not agree, said the newspaper.
Biman has turned sick due to unplanned policies, top-heavy administration, lack of good management and maintaining a number of international and domestic flights despite their losing commercial viability.
Sources pointed out that Biman had suffered a loss of at least $84 million till now on the Dhaka-New York flight, operating since December 1993. The flight is being suspended from June 3.
Financial problems led to non-payment of bills to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) against supply of fuel and repayment of bank loans. The amount payable to BPC against fuel supply alone would be around $58.3 million, official sources said.
Currently, Biman operates both international and domestic flights with only 13 old aircraft. The serious shortage of aircraft has made it difficult to maintain flight schedules in both domestic and international routes.
Biman has five DC-10, four Airbus and four F-29 aircraft. Due to lack of aircraft, it sometimes manages the Dhaka-Kathmandu, Dhaka-Kolkata and Dhaka- Myanmar flights by operating F-28 aircraft.
Copyright Indo-Asian News Service
By Indo Asian News Service
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) Bangladesh Biman, the country's state run flag-carrier, is in the red and has shelved plans to procure the four Boeing 777s and six Airbus aircraft that it badly needs.
Taking a cue from SriLankan Airlines that has tied up with Emirates, Biman is also looking for a strategic partner, reported The New Nation newspaper.
Biman suspended its Dhaka-New York flights earlier this month after being refused landing rights by the US on safety grounds. This forced the carrier to take its passengers to Canada, causing hardship for people and losses for the airline.
An earlier Dhaka report claimed that the US aviation authorities admitted their 'mistake' and had apologised.
Quoting official sources, the newspaper said a decision not to procure aircraft for the national flag carrier had been taken keeping in view fund constraints.
The Biman management made the $12.5 billion proposal nearly two years ago.
'We need required number of new aircraft urgently, but procurement has become uncertain due to non-availability of funds, said a senior Biman official.
He said price hikes in fuel were key for the losses being incurred. Biman may not meet its target of earning $4.16 million for the year ending June 30.
Informed circles, however, do not agree, said the newspaper.
Biman has turned sick due to unplanned policies, top-heavy administration, lack of good management and maintaining a number of international and domestic flights despite their losing commercial viability.
Sources pointed out that Biman had suffered a loss of at least $84 million till now on the Dhaka-New York flight, operating since December 1993. The flight is being suspended from June 3.
Financial problems led to non-payment of bills to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) against supply of fuel and repayment of bank loans. The amount payable to BPC against fuel supply alone would be around $58.3 million, official sources said.
Currently, Biman operates both international and domestic flights with only 13 old aircraft. The serious shortage of aircraft has made it difficult to maintain flight schedules in both domestic and international routes.
Biman has five DC-10, four Airbus and four F-29 aircraft. Due to lack of aircraft, it sometimes manages the Dhaka-Kathmandu, Dhaka-Kolkata and Dhaka- Myanmar flights by operating F-28 aircraft.
Copyright Indo-Asian News Service
Certo che se mi torlgono Parigi e Francoforte non capisco come le altre rotte riescano a stare su.
E' presto fatto : a livello internazionale, se saranno confermati i tagli più o meno provvisori elencati sopra, quindi New York (a quanto pare questa rotta è già soppressa da un mese compreso lo stopover a Brussels), Parigi, Francoforte, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, basta andare per esclusione.
Guardando la routes map direi che in Europa rimangono solo Londra e Roma. Immagino continueranno a volare verso quelle destinazioni nella penisola araba (c'è un traffico etnico notevole, soprattutto verso l'Arabia Saudita), e le città nei paesi limitrofi al Bangladesh.
La Corea mi chiama e quindi domenica sera sarò a Fiumicino, sicuramente con un discreto anticipo. E dato che i voli sono abbastanza ravvicinati (se non ci saranno ritardi gli orari da programma dovrebbero essere BG 00056 DHAKA 18:30 C / KE 00928 SEOUL 20:05 C), cercherò di verificarne la regolarità. Se riesco provo anche a informarmi presso gli uffici di BG (ammesso che ci siano).
Ciao
Non garantisco nulla perchè le altre volte ho notato che non erano troppo gradite macchine fotografiche in volo, comunque ci proverò.
Ciao
Come assaggio, ho ripescato questa foto dell'ultimo mio viaggio in Corea. Il 744 in questione è ripreso prima dell'imbarco del mio volo per Roma (KE 927). Ottimo aereo, ottima compagnia e aeroporto stupendo!
(Scusate se è un pò OT)
Ma chi li capisce questi? Cambiano programmi con una facilità incredibile. Sull'articolo che ho riportato qui sotto da airliners.net si dice che la rotta su NY (che non si sa se sia ancora via BRU o più probabilmente via MAN, come riportano sul loro sito) continuerà almeno fino al 3 Agosto per le forti richieste ricevute, nonostante sia quella che faccia perdere più soldi alla compagnia. Ma il problema secondo il mio personale parere non sono tanto le rotte quanto la gestione stessa della compagnia e una flotta a dir poco obsoleta. Finchè non si modernizzano, 330 o 777 che siano, qualsiasi soluzione sarebbe migliore rispetto a far girare i vecchissimi DC10, saranno sempre dolori. Notare come in questo articolo non si faccia menzione delle rotte europee. Misteri.....
New generation aircraft needed: Biman incurs over Tk 500 cr loss in Dhaka-NY route
By Sheikh Mohiuddin
Fri, 26 May 2006
Despite loss of commercial viability , the state-run Bangladesh Biman Airlines has decided to continue its Dhaka-New York flight till August 3. The decision has come responding to the appeal of the Bangladeshi expatriates staying in the USA.
Official records show that the national flag carrier incurred over Taka 500 crore loss since operation of Dhaka -New York Biman flight in December , 1993.
In view of this , the policymakers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines decided to suspend Dhaka-New York flight to ease financial burden of the organisation with effect from June 3 . But later they reviewed their decision and decided to continue the flight for another two months as per instruction of the highest authority of the government
Under the revised arrangement , each passenger will have to pay 200 US dollars against surcharge in addition to existing fare .
We may consider the operation of Dhaka-New York flight after expiry of fresh deadline if the management could procure new generation aircraft to continue Dhaka-New York flight , said a senior official of the Biman . The official further said , the management is looking for new generation aircraft on lease as there is a decision not to go for big purchase at the moment due to fund constraints
According to the official , the Dhaka -New York flight has lost its commercial viability due to high operational cost .As per official records, fuel consumption by the aircraft contributes to 40 per cent of the operational cost
As ageing aircraft of Bangladesh Biman consumed excess fuel , operational cost of Dhaka -New York flight was much high finally leading to financial loss to the national flag carrier .
The level of operational cost would be just half if the Biman could operate its flights with new generation aircraft, said the officials.
Presently the organisation is managing both domestic and international flight with 13 old aircraft . It has a fleet of five DC-10, four Airbus and four F-18 aircraft .
Biman needs more aircraft but the plan to procure new generation aircraft - four Boeing 777, and six Airbuses has been shelved due to non-availability of funds despite urgent need. The Biman management made the proposal to procure new aircraft nearly two years ago involving an amount of Taka 7,500 crore approximately.
The Biman is likely to incur over Taka 300 crore loss in the current fiscal year ending on June 30 The management of the organization blamed price hike of fuel for losses .
The officials said that in the current fiscal year ending on June 30, the Biman had a target to earn at least Taka 25 crore profit but it could not happen because of sharp increase in the price of fuel, they added
During last financial year, Biman incurred Taka 300 crore loss for various factors .
Meanwhile, the policymakers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines are now looking for taking a strategic partner as a part of their efforts to salvage the national flag carrier. A feasibility on the plan is underway, said a senior official.
The New Nation - Bangladesh's Independent News Source
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_28146.shtml
New generation aircraft needed: Biman incurs over Tk 500 cr loss in Dhaka-NY route
By Sheikh Mohiuddin
Fri, 26 May 2006
Despite loss of commercial viability , the state-run Bangladesh Biman Airlines has decided to continue its Dhaka-New York flight till August 3. The decision has come responding to the appeal of the Bangladeshi expatriates staying in the USA.
Official records show that the national flag carrier incurred over Taka 500 crore loss since operation of Dhaka -New York Biman flight in December , 1993.
In view of this , the policymakers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines decided to suspend Dhaka-New York flight to ease financial burden of the organisation with effect from June 3 . But later they reviewed their decision and decided to continue the flight for another two months as per instruction of the highest authority of the government
Under the revised arrangement , each passenger will have to pay 200 US dollars against surcharge in addition to existing fare .
We may consider the operation of Dhaka-New York flight after expiry of fresh deadline if the management could procure new generation aircraft to continue Dhaka-New York flight , said a senior official of the Biman . The official further said , the management is looking for new generation aircraft on lease as there is a decision not to go for big purchase at the moment due to fund constraints
According to the official , the Dhaka -New York flight has lost its commercial viability due to high operational cost .As per official records, fuel consumption by the aircraft contributes to 40 per cent of the operational cost
As ageing aircraft of Bangladesh Biman consumed excess fuel , operational cost of Dhaka -New York flight was much high finally leading to financial loss to the national flag carrier .
The level of operational cost would be just half if the Biman could operate its flights with new generation aircraft, said the officials.
Presently the organisation is managing both domestic and international flight with 13 old aircraft . It has a fleet of five DC-10, four Airbus and four F-18 aircraft .
Biman needs more aircraft but the plan to procure new generation aircraft - four Boeing 777, and six Airbuses has been shelved due to non-availability of funds despite urgent need. The Biman management made the proposal to procure new aircraft nearly two years ago involving an amount of Taka 7,500 crore approximately.
The Biman is likely to incur over Taka 300 crore loss in the current fiscal year ending on June 30 The management of the organization blamed price hike of fuel for losses .
The officials said that in the current fiscal year ending on June 30, the Biman had a target to earn at least Taka 25 crore profit but it could not happen because of sharp increase in the price of fuel, they added
During last financial year, Biman incurred Taka 300 crore loss for various factors .
Meanwhile, the policymakers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines are now looking for taking a strategic partner as a part of their efforts to salvage the national flag carrier. A feasibility on the plan is underway, said a senior official.
The New Nation - Bangladesh's Independent News Source
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_28146.shtml