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It officially became a Bangladeshi airport in 1972 after the Bangladesh Liberation War. [6] At first, it was mainly used for connecting Dhaka and Chittagong. But in the mid-1990s Biman started international flights to Bangkok, Dubai and all other major Gulf cities and it officially became an international airport. [citation needed]
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (Bengali: হযরত শাহ্জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr), (IATA: DAC, ICAO: VGHS, formerly VGZR), is the main international airport serving Dhaka City, the capital city of Bangladesh, and ...
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.
Category of airport Category Description International: Handles international and domestic flights Domestic: Handles domestic flights STOLport: Short take off and landing airports: Defence: Military airbase Abandoned: Abandoned or unused airport Flying school: An airfield or an airstrip used to train commercial pilots
On 24 February 2019, the aircraft operating the flight, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737-800, was hijacked 252 kilometres (157 mi) southeast of Dhaka by lone wolf terrorist Polash Ahmed. [1] The crew performed an emergency landing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong where Ahmed was shot dead by Bangladeshi special forces.
US-Bangla Airlines (Bengali: ইউএস বাংলা এয়ারলাইন্স) is the largest airline in Bangladesh by fleet size. [3][4][5] The airline is headquartered in Dhaka and is based at Shahjalal International Airport under the umbrella companies of US-Bangla Group. [6][7]
Air Astra is a privately owned Bangladeshi passenger airline headquartered in Dhaka based at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The national airline was forced to halt its flights to New York, Paris, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Brussels, Yangon and Mumbai in 2006 due to a shortage of funds and aircraft. ^ a b "New Dhaka-Frankfurt service". Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014.