Economic Reporter :
US-Bangla Airlines, one of the country’s private airlines, is set to spread its wings to Chennai as the first ever Bangladeshi carrier from March 31 for increasing connectivity with the southern part of India.
The airlines will operate three weekly flights from Dhaka to Chennai via Chattogram route on every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday through its 164-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Airlines CEO Imran Ashif announced this at a press briefing at a city hotel.
The minimum return fare on Dhaka-Chattogram-Chennai-Chattogram-Dhaka has been fixed at Tk 22,223 while it is Tk 22,225 for Chattogram-Chennai-Chattogram route. If the customer turnout meets their expectations, the airlines will offer a separate Chittagong to Chennai flight, Imran said.
The carrier also declared special medical packages collaborate with Indian hospital chain Apollo along with packages for tourists.
Currently, the airlines is operating international flights to Muscat, Doha, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Kolkata with its seven aircraft fleet that comprised four Boeing 737-800 and three Dash 8-Q400.
