Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched a direct flight service on the Dhaka-Karachi-Dhaka route, with its first flight carrying 150 passengers. On Thursday, January 29, Biman’s inaugural flight, BG-341, departed from Dhaka for Karachi at 8 PM. Sheikh Bashir Uddin, Advisor to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, was present at the ceremony. Also in attendance were Pakistan’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Imran Haider, and Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, Air Vice Marshal Md. Officials from the ministry, Biman, Civil Aviation, and other organizations were also present at the inaugural ceremony.