Biman’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ‘Sonar Tori’ has started its journey for Dhaka from Seattle, USA.
It left Boeing Everett Delivery Center at 12.30 p.m. on Friday (Dec 20) and is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by 4 p.m., local media reported citing a Biman press release.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has named the Dreamliner.
Biman’s first and second Dreamliner – ‘Akash Beena’ and ‘Hangsabalaka’ – arrived in August and December last year. The third one – ‘Gaangchil’ – arrived in July and the fourth one, ‘Rajhanso’, in September this year.