France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft

[Black_cats]

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft​

Mon, September 11, 2023 at 2:49 AM GMT-4·1 min read

(Adds background, quote from Macron and Bangladesh minister, and detail throughout)

DHAKA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet.

French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody airplanes, which is still being finalised, is with the national flagship carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.


"I thank you for your trust in the European aerospace industry. And this commitment for 10 Airbus A350 is important," Macron said in a statement to the media after a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The 51-year-old Biman Bangladesh has a fleet of more than 20 mostly Boeing planes, more than half of which are widebodies, and some Dash-8 turboprops.

Mahbub Ali, Bangladesh's junior minister for civil aviation, said that the initial order would be for two Airbus planes.


"We have asked for 10 aircraft in phases. The technical committee is now evaluating. These aircraft will be used on new and old routes. Each country has Airbus and Boeing in its fleet. But we only have Boeing, not a single Airbus," Ali said.

Biman Bangladesh's demand for more widebody aircraft comes as travel is seeing a strong post-pandemic rebound. The carrier flies nonstop to 20 destinations worldwide including Britain, Malaysia, Thailand and Canada.

(Reporting by Michel Rose and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Gerry Doyle)

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet. French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody...

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[IndianLite]

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft​

Mon, September 11, 2023 at 2:49 AM GMT-4·1 min read

(Adds background, quote from Macron and Bangladesh minister, and detail throughout)

DHAKA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet.

French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody airplanes, which is still being finalised, is with the national flagship carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.


"I thank you for your trust in the European aerospace industry. And this commitment for 10 Airbus A350 is important," Macron said in a statement to the media after a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The 51-year-old Biman Bangladesh has a fleet of more than 20 mostly Boeing planes, more than half of which are widebodies, and some Dash-8 turboprops.

Mahbub Ali, Bangladesh's junior minister for civil aviation, said that the initial order would be for two Airbus planes.


"We have asked for 10 aircraft in phases. The technical committee is now evaluating. These aircraft will be used on new and old routes. Each country has Airbus and Boeing in its fleet. But we only have Boeing, not a single Airbus," Ali said.

Biman Bangladesh's demand for more widebody aircraft comes as travel is seeing a strong post-pandemic rebound. The carrier flies nonstop to 20 destinations worldwide including Britain, Malaysia, Thailand and Canada.

(Reporting by Michel Rose and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Gerry Doyle)

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet. French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody...

finance.yahoo.com

This is quid pro for the garments exports.

It’s good to be able to operate both - in case one needs to be grounded for safety issues.

But it will mean higher maintenance cost.

 

[@blue Ocean]

When Hasina was talking about Airbus in June this year, she wanted to punish Boeing and Biden for not getting American support for her midnight election.

She was then putting many unnecessary excuses for the choice in an emotional voice. I wonder what she is thinking now, especially when BD is losing FER every day. Now it is only $22 billion or less.

By the way, I would like BIMAN to be privatized. Let Biman Co, Ltd. buy its planes with the money it earns by good management. Birman loses money in every route except to ME and America.

 

[mmr]

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft​

Mon, September 11, 2023 at 2:49 AM GMT-4·1 min read

(Adds background, quote from Macron and Bangladesh minister, and detail throughout)

DHAKA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet.

French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody airplanes, which is still being finalised, is with the national flagship carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.


"I thank you for your trust in the European aerospace industry. And this commitment for 10 Airbus A350 is important," Macron said in a statement to the media after a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The 51-year-old Biman Bangladesh has a fleet of more than 20 mostly Boeing planes, more than half of which are widebodies, and some Dash-8 turboprops.

Mahbub Ali, Bangladesh's junior minister for civil aviation, said that the initial order would be for two Airbus planes.


"We have asked for 10 aircraft in phases. The technical committee is now evaluating. These aircraft will be used on new and old routes. Each country has Airbus and Boeing in its fleet. But we only have Boeing, not a single Airbus," Ali said.

Biman Bangladesh's demand for more widebody aircraft comes as travel is seeing a strong post-pandemic rebound. The carrier flies nonstop to 20 destinations worldwide including Britain, Malaysia, Thailand and Canada.

(Reporting by Michel Rose and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Gerry Doyle)

UPDATE 1-France's Macron says Bangladesh commits to order 10 Airbus aircraft

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Bangladesh had committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus, marking the South Asian country's first deal with the European planemaker in a shift from its Boeing dominated fleet. French officials said the deal for the A350 widebody...

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Hasina has zero leverage over USA or Boeing.

 

[IndianLite]

Hasina has zero leverage over USA or Boeing.

Airbus contract says otherwise

Biden will be pissed.

 

[IndianLite]

When Hasina was talking about Airbus in June this year, she wanted to punish Boeing and Biden for not getting American support for her midnight election.

She was then putting many unnecessary excuses for the choice in an emotional voice. I wonder what she is thinking now, especially when BD is losing FER every day. Now it is only $22 billion or less.

By the way, I would like BIMAN to be privatized. Let Biman Co, Ltd. buy its planes with the money it earns by good management. Birman loses money in every route except to ME and America.

Yep. Needs to be privatised. But in a way that will hold the management to account.

Otherwise you just shift the corrupt managers from public sector to the private sector. Look at the activities of many private banks.

I suggest 30% to private equity, 70% to the general public. With no single entity/person allowed to hold more than 10% of shares.

Let the general public hold the management to account via online voting.

 

[mig25]

Commit to order is not a firm order yet. The talk is about angering the US..wha..what?

 

[mmr]

Airbus contract says otherwise

Biden will be pissed.

USA don’t care about 10 planes you know that right lmao

If USA want to make bd Somalia they will in 3 months. Almost every western country listen to USA including French.

 

[Skull and Bones]

People buying 10 mid sized jets, and talking about diplomatic leverage over a country of $25 trillion economy? Delusion knows no bound with these Bangladeshis.

 

[IndianLite]

USA don’t care about 10 planes you know that right lmao

If USA want to make bd Somalia they will in 3 months. Almost every western country listen to USA including French.

Of course it can.

BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE SOMALI-SATION OF BANGLADESH - USA SHOULD BUILD A FEW MORE TWIN TOWERS AND DIG FEW THOUSANDS GRAVES.

A country that shits itself over few thousand dead soldiers - is a wet pussy!!!

But let’s hope Uncle Sam doesn’t cry too much when the body bags pile up.

Vietnam, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Libya et al - have taught Uncle Sam some hard lessons.

Biden probably thinks Bangladeshis are pussies - he needs to talk to the Pak military and Biharis and BSF ofcourse

Bangladeshis will be 100 times more brutal than the Taliban

Anyway, have some self respect!!!!

Bangladesh is not some Islamist country that US can just bomb on a whim!

People buying 10 mid sized jets, and talking about diplomatic leverage over a country of $25 trillion economy? Delusion knows no bound with these Bangladeshis.

25 trillion economy and shitting over a 450 billion dollar economy getting close to China.

Bangladesh would like nothing better than to be ignored by USA.

But Biden cannot stop wanking over BD

 

[saif]

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. We have BOEING now need to procure AIRBUS for diversification of suppliers.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. We have BOEING now need to procure AIRBUS for diversification of suppliers.

Why not COMAC?

 

[saif]

Why not COMAC?

They have a long way to go to match the technological superiority of BOEING and AIRBUS.

 

[Skull and Bones]

They have a long way to go to match the technological superiority of BOEING and AIRBUS.

@etylo

 

[saif]

@etylo

Indians are cheap and backstabbers