Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) from all eligible parties for the wet-lease of a widebody aircraft of any type for a period of eight (8) months commencing February 2017.

Tender documents indicate the aircraft must seat between 220 and 300 passengers in a two-class configuration and must have been manufactured in October 1997 or later. It must also be capable of flying direct between Dhaka and Jeddah International, Saudi Arabia without any load penalty taking into consideration an anticipated Weight & Baggage load of 120 Kg/passenger.

The aircraft will be operated on Biman's South East Asia and Gulf & Middle East networks and will be guaranteed a minimum of 250 Block Hours per month for the duration of the contract.

The deadline for the submission of bids is December 28, 2016.