Dhaka, May 8 -- Civil aviation and tourism minister Muhammad Faruk Khan on Tuesday said that Biman Bangladesh Airlines would select either US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing or European aerospace giant Airbus to purchase planes, considering Bangladesh's profit.
"We got a pretty decent proposal from Airbus, and Boeing has likewise given us a decent proposition. Biman has formed an evaluation committee in this regard, which will be good for Bangladesh. . . We will consider that," he said.
The minister was responding to reporters after emerging from a meeting with the UK's Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, at the secretariat here.
Khan said that Airbus has already s...