Business Desk :
The US-Bangla Airlines, the country’s largest private carrier in terms of fleet size, entered the eighth year of flight operation on domestic and international routes on Friday.
“US-Bangla is planning to add brand new aircraft to the international route in the near future,” Managing Director of the airline Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mamun said on the occasion, according to a press release issued by the airline.
Mamun said in today’s world there is no substitute for brand new aircraft to provide proper service to passengers and the US-Bangla is constantly adding new aircraft to its fleet to ensure comfortable service for passengers.
On this day in 12014, US-Bangla Airlines started its journey in the aviation industry of Bangladesh by operating flights on Dhaka-Jashore with two Dash8-Q400 aircraft.
In the first year, US-Bangla Airlines strengthened its air communication system by operating flights to all operational airports within Bangladesh.
The US-Bangla started its journey on the international route on May 15, 2016 through launching of the Dhaka-Kathmandu route.
Before COVID pandemic, the airlines was used to operate international routes on Kolkata, Chennai, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok and Guangzhou while it has a plan to operate flights to Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Colombo, Male and Delhi in the near future.
With 1,500 employees at home and abroad, the US-Bangla fleet currently has a total of 14 aircraft, including four 164-seat Boeing 737-800s, 72-seat ATR 72-600s and three 76-seat Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. US-Bangla has a record of 98.7% on-time flights since its inception.
Since independence, US-Bangla Airlines has been the only local airlines to operate direct flights to any destination in China or Chennai, India.
