DHAKA: Bangladesh Airlines won the prestigious ‘Airlines Service Incentive Scheme Payout-2016′ award from Changi International Airport in Singapore recently.
The award is given for landing and departing the flight on time and for better service delivery to the passengers, said a Biman press release.
On time departing ratio of Biman Bangladesh at Changi Airport is 99.03 percent, it said. The Biman Bangladesh also got special tax facilities for its great achievement.
Changi Airport is one of the best airports in the world. A total of 67 airlines of the world operate their flights from the airport.
Biman Bangladesh has been operating its Dhaka-Singapore-Dhaka flights regularly since 1978. Now it is operating one flight everyday in a week and carrying 95 per cent passengers at each trip.
Alongside the other airplanes, newly purchased two Boeing 737-800 aircrafts were also being operated in the Dhaka-Singapore-Dhaka route.
This coveted award is a unique honour for Biman Bangladesh and it is the reflection of Airlines’ commitment to improve the service delivery of the Airlines, the release said.
Earlier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has won the prestigious ‘Foreign Airline of the Year-2015’ award of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Malaysia.
The KLIA management awarded the national flag carrier for carrying highest number of passengers between Kuala Lumpur and South Asian destinations.
