Announced in January, the rules increased flight crews' weekly rest periods to 48 hours from 36 and cut pilots' night flight duty times to a maximum of 10 hours from 13
The government has appointed former secretary of the prime minister’s office Sajjadul Hasan on Jan 27 to chair Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
Joint Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mosharraf Hossain confirmed the development on Monday.
He replaces Air Marshal Md Enamul Bari, who ran his term as chairman.
Sajjadul's appointment caps an overhaul of the national flag carrier's executive body, said Mosharraf.
But no other changes have been to Biman's board of directors, he added.