DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kevin Steele has sought apology for programme which offended people of the country.

The chief executive officer of the Biman made the plea in a press release on Monday.    

In the news release, he said, “I have come to know from some news sources that a few people of Bangladesh were offended by the program of the Frequent Flyer and Duty Free launch at the Radisson recently.”

He added: “I can understand the religious sentiment of the people of Bangladesh, and would like to apologise for any offence caused, it was not our intention.”

Kevin also said, “Our intention was to depict Biman Bangladesh Airlines as a modern, service-oriented airline, with some great products, and hence the programme was targeted to be as per international airline standards.”

He further added: “We will review all such programmes in future to ensure they do not cause any offence, and I hope that the people of Bangladesh will understand that my intention was solely to help make Biman profitable as I committed to the Honorable Prime Minister and people of Bangladesh.”

BDST: 1652 HRS, NOV 11, 2013
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