Biman gets done its first-ever Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner servicing

In a major development, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has completed its first C-check (servicing) on a new generation Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

And thus, the national flag carrier airline of Bangladesh has saved around $6, 00,000 from government exchequer.

Earlier, C-check of any new aircraft was done through foreign Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Organization either in Germany, Italy or Singapore.

“Biman saved $6, 00,000 by performing the C-Check on the new generation of aircraft,” said state minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali said on Sunday.

The state minister was speaking as the chief guest at a function held at Biman Bangladesh Airlines headquarters in Balaka marking the successful completion of Dreamliner C-check and the award ceremony programme of flight crews to rescue Bangladeshis stranded in Wuhan, China at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Mahbub Ali said the C-check of the world’s most advanced Boeing 7-8 Dreamliner aircraft has been successfully completed for the first time in the country under its own management by skilled aircraft engineers and technicians within 10 working days.

The C-check of another Dreamliner will be completed in the country this year and 4 more aircrafts next year which will save another $3 million to $4 million, said the state minister.

He added that very few airlines in the world have the capability to C-check modern aircraft like the Dreamliner.

Biman, on the eve of its 50th anniversary and Golden Jubilee celebrations, launched the C-Check operation under its own management on 17 August.

C-Check is a long-term, complex and high-tech check to make the aircraft airworthy after detailed inspection and maintenance, said the officials.

As the C-check of Boeing-787 model Dreamliner needs to be completed every three years, Biman started the first C-Check of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner ‘Akashbina’ from August 17.

The airline’s engineers, after receiving advanced training from abroad, acquiring technical knowledge and skills, started the C-check operation of the aircraft’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner ‘Akashbina’ at the hangar complex.

“Accomplishing the Dreamliner’s C-check with its own manpower and management is a milestone in the capacity building of the Directorate of Aviation Engineering and Materials Management,” said Mahbub Ali.

He also praised the flight crew for rescuing the trapped Bangladeshis in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Presided over by Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ managing director and CEO Dr Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal, the program was also addressed among others, by chairman of the board of directors Sajjadul Hasan and secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mokammel Hossain.