DHAKA: Bangladesh&#39;s national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is evaluating a proposal to buy 10 Airbus aircraft, after earlier this month agreeing its biggest-ever purchase, 14 planes from US manufacturer Boeing, officials said Sunday. Dhaka&#39;s state-run BSS news agency said that Biman was assessing the European offer, after committing an estimated $3.7 billion to the Boeing order. &quot;We have received a fresh proposal from Airbus recently and our techno-finance committee is now evaluating it,&quot; Biman General Manager Bushra Islam told BSS. The proposal is for four Airbus A350-900 wide-body aircraft and six Airbus A321neo jets, BSS reported. &quot;A mixed fleet allows an airline to deploy the most suitable aircraft depending on passenger demand, route performance and cost structure,&quot; Islam told BSS. Biman on May 1 agreed to the 14-plane Boeing purchase -- a deal negotiated last year as part of a tariff agreement with the United States. That deal calls for the delivery over the next decade of eight 787-10 Dreamliners, two 787-9 Dreamliners and four single-aisle 737-8 MAX jets. Before the Boeing deal, Bangladesh reportedly had 19 aircraft in its current fleet, an estimated 14 of them from Boeing. The purchase was agreed in August 2025 by the caretaker government which ran the South Asian nation of 170 million people after a 2024 revolution, until a new government was elected in February. Bangladesh, the world&#39;s second-biggest garment manufacturer, struck a trade deal with the United States to scale back President Donald Trump&#39;s punishing tariffs. The United States represents 20 percent of Bangladesh&#39;s ready-made garments exports. Dhaka proposed buying Boeing planes and boosting imports of US wheat, cotton and oil to help narrow its trade deficit, which Trump used as justification for imposing painful levies.

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Bangladesh's national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is evaluating a proposal to buy 10 Airbus aircraft, after earlier this month agreeing to its biggest-ever purchase, 14 planes from US manufacturer Boeing.

Bangladesh 'evaluating' Airbus bid for 10 planes

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ISLAMABAD: Airlines around the world rushed on Saturday to fix a software glitch grounding thousands of Airbus A320-family aircraft, after a partial recall halted flights across Asia and Europe and threatened US travel during one of the busiest weekends of the year.&nbsp;Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury apologized for the disruption, saying, &ldquo;I want to sincerely apologize to our airline customers and passengers who are impacted now.&rdquo; The recall covers more than 6,000 aircraft, over half of the global A320 fleet.&nbsp;The alert followed an October 30 JetBlue flight incident in which an unexpected loss of altitude injured 10 passengers, according to France&rsquo;s BEA, which is investigating. Regulators ordered airlines to complete the software fix before resuming flights.&nbsp;Many Asian and European carriers avoided severe delays because the notice arrived late in their operating day. Flyadeal CEO Steven Greenway told Reuters that the timing &ldquo;avoided more serious disruption,&rdquo; noting the airline had repaired all 13 affected jets. Clarifying its status, Pakistan&#39;s national flag carrier stated that it did not load the faulty software patch and that its flights remained safe, with no disruption reported. &ldquo;It is clarified that PIA [Pakistan International Airlines] did not load the faulty software patch; hence, our aircraft are perfectly safe and there will be no flight disruption,&rdquo; the statement said on its official X account. The fix, described as simple but essential, takes two to three hours per aircraft. Wizz Air said it completed all updates overnight, while AirAsia aimed to finish within 48 hours. India&rsquo;s aviation regulator said IndiGo had reset 184 of 200 affected planes and Air India had done 69 of 113.&nbsp;Japan&rsquo;s ANA Holdings canceled 95 flights, impacting about 13,500 travelers, and South Korean officials said upgrades to 42 aircraft were expected by Sunday morning.&nbsp;American Airlines reported that 209 of its 480 A320-family jets needed the update, most expected to be cleared by Saturday.&nbsp;Despite the Thanksgiving travel surge in the United States, analysts said European carriers may avoid major financial fallout because the recall landed during a seasonal lull before end-of-year holidays.

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Over 6,000 Airbus A320-family jets were grounded worldwide as airlines rushed to install a mandatory software fix, causing flight disruptions and urgent repairs across multiple regions.

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Bangladesh 'evaluating' Airbus bid for 10 planes