City Desk :
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is increasing the frequency of its flights from Dhaka to Canada’s Toronto.
These flights will start running from October 31, the national carrier said in a press release issued on Wednesday.
An additional flight on the Dhaka-Toronto-Dhaka route on Thursdays will be added to the winter schedule.
From October 31, Biman will run three flights on the route each week – one on Saturday, one on Tuesday, and one on Thursday.
Currently, one flight runs on Tuesday, while the other runs on Saturday.
Sales of tickets for these flights have opened at all of Biman’s ticket sales and distribution channels.
There will be a special discount offer for flights on October 31 as well, Biman said. The aircraft on the route will be the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which the national carrier says uses “state-of-the-art technology”.
Travellers will be able to purchase tickets through Biman’s commercial website, its mobile apps, the call centre at 13636, at Biman’s sales centres, and Biman approved travel agencies.