Biman surges 30pc ticket fair; pilgrims under pressure

Staff Correspondent: Biman Bangladesh Airlines escalates plane fair by 30 per cent this year.
From now on, each passenger will have to pay Tk 1.98 lakhs compared to Tk1.40 lakhs last year.
The state-owned Airline has been increasing ticket price for seven years. As a result, pilgrims are struggling to perform hajj. But the authorities of Biman said that fuel price hike acted behind soaring ticket price.