EgyptAir puts B777-200(ER) fleet up for sale

Biman Bangladesh corruption case adjourned until late 3Q23

A court has adjourned a corruption case against 21 former and current Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) officials until September 10. The case centres on allegations of misuse of power and defrauding the state-owned carrier for personal enrichment. However, on May 28, Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka's Metropolitan Judge's Court granted the adjournment after counsel for the defendants made multiple applications, including asking for a delay.

The allegations relate to two leased AC!B7720ERs acquired by Biman Bangladesh in 2014 that came fitted with Pratt & Whitney engines with limited airworthiness periods left on them. Subsequently, there were several engine failure incidents, which required the airline to source replacement engines at a significant financial cost. The two aircraft were S2-AHL (msn 32630) and S2-AHK (msn 32629), leased from EgyptAir (MS, Cairo International) for five years. It is alleged that "mismanagement" of the leases cost the Bangladeshi taxpayer BDT11 billion taka (USD102.6 million).

The matter was glossed over for several years until a parliamentary committee referred it to Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission for further...

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Parked aircraft take fire as fighting engulfs Khartoum

At least 25 people are dead while at least two large commercial aircraft sustained heavy damage after Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese armed forces (SAF) clashed in Khartoum on Saturday, April 15. During the fighting, two people were killed at Khartoum International Airport, while RPG fire and gunfire saw a Saudia (SV, Jeddah) A330-300 and SkyUp Airlines (PQ, Kyiv Boryspil) B737-800 go up in flames.

The fighting, which has spread outside Khartoum in recent days, is part of an ongoing civil war in Sudan and continuing hostilities between the paramilitary RSF and the SAF. The RSF are resisting a power sharing deal which will involve their integration into the SAF as part of a proposed transition to civilian rule. On Saturday morning, as hostilities broke out in Sudan's capital, on the ground reports say the RSF took control of Khartoum Airport as jeeps laden with RSF armed fighters swarmed onto the aprons.

Footage is circulating on social media showing black smoke billowing from both aircraft which were parked at remote...