Bismillah Airlines

Bismillah Airlines (BAL) is an airline based in Bangladesh.

History

Bismillah Airlines was launched in 1998. In 2016, it expanded its cargo operations to the Hong Kong Airport.^[1]

In 1999, BAL launched a commercial route between Bangkok and Dacca with a Boeing 707.^[2]

In 2010, Bismillah Airlines exported 120,000 tons worth of cargo goods, and imported 75,000 tons.^[3]

Activities

Bismillah Airlines is the property of the Mollah Group of Industries.^[1] Bismillah Airlines is the first international cargo carrier in Bangladesh. In 2009, the Mollah Group opened the Bismillah Flying School, the first private flying school in the country.^[4]

Fleet

Historically, the Bismillah Airlines fleet included (as of 1 April 2015):

• 1 Antonov An-8 (3C-ZZO - Leased)
• 3 Antonov AN-12 (EK-12777, XU-U4C & XU-365 - Leased)
• 1 Antonov AN-26 (LZ-SFH Purchased)
• 1 Boeing 707
• 1 Boeing 727
• 2 Boeing 737
• 2 Boeing 747 (ER-BAM & ER-JAI - Leased)
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 (G-BRYV - Leased)
• 1 Douglas DC-8 (S2-AEK)
• 2 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (S2-ADW & S2-AAX Purchased; S2-AEE & S2-AAT Leased)
• 1 Ilyushin IL-18
• 1 Ilyushin IL-76
• 1 Ilyushin IL-96
• 2 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (S2-ADR - Purchased)

As of September 2015, Bismillah Airlines didn't seem to have any active aircraft, but two AN-148's are planned.^[5][6]

References

External links

Media related to Bismillah Airlines at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website