Dreamliner `Sonar Tori’ on way to Dhaka

A new Dreamliner named `Sonar Tori’ Boeing 787-9 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has flown on way to Dhaka from Seattle, United State of America (USA).

According to a press release of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry `Sonar Tori’ left Boeing's Everett factory in Seattle at 12.30pm (local time) on Friday. It is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by 4:00pm today.

On November 17, Biman and the US aircraft manufacturer announced at the Dubai Airshow that Biman bought two 787-9 Dreamliners.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was at the airshow, named the planes `Sonar Tori’. 

 

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