April 22, 2008 -- Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, the national flag carrier, has signed a deal with U.S. plane-maker Boeing to procure eight new-generation aircraft. The Biman board decided to buy eight Boeing aircraft at $1.265 billion to resuscitate the country's lone public sector airline. The first consignment of four aircraft will be delivered in 2013 while the second in 2017. The initial selling price of this kind of aircraft is $272 million.
Abstracted from Asia Pulse
