Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The quest for much needed dynamic professional management for Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited (Biman) which was envisaged as part of restructuring seems to be abandoned with reintroduction of bureaucrat as top executive. And with it, the promise of bright new era that once glowed on the horizon of Biman, has now dimmed considerably.

The global commercial airline industry has under gone drastic change. But Biman-our national flag carrier-is back-tracked to square one, with its recent reintroduction of a civil bureaucrat as the new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Operating Officer (CEO).

Biman is over 47-years in age and during all these years, the management of the airline remained almost fully under bureaucratic con...