PM to inaugurate 3rd Dreamliner ‘Gangchil’ Thursday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Gangchil” on Thursday. “The Boeing aircraft will make its maiden flight for Dubai on August 22,” Tahera Khandker, deputy general manager for public relations of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, told The Daily Star. The prime minister will inaugurate the brand new aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:00am, he said. Earlier on July 25, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was added to the Biman’s fleet raising the number of total aircraft to 16.