Best Air to add two more aircraft
FE Report | Friday, 25 July 2008
Private air carrier Best Air would boost its fleet by adding two more aircraft over the next two months as the airliner is set to lease one ERJ 145 and one Airbus 321 by the end of September this year.
This was revealed at a press conference organised on the eve of the launching of the airlines' flight to Colombo and Male on July 28.
Currently the airliner operates in its Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route through one single Boeing 737 aircraft, while the only other aircraft it possesses (which is also a Boeing 737) is not operational due to the fuel price hike.
"The 50 seat ERJ 145 jet would be added to the fleet by August and will be operational in the Dhaka-Chittagong and the Dhaka-Kolkata routes," Best Air Chairman M Haider Uzzaman informed. Painting a gloomy picture of the aviation sector worldwide amid the global fuel crisis; Haider informed that the industry is expecting to loose around US$ 25 billion this year due to this oil price hike.
"On our part, we had to suspend our Dhaka-Chittagong flight very recently due to not getting enough passengers after being compelled to increase our fair to Tk. 5,500.00," Haider affirmed.
The one way and return tickets for both Dhaka-Colombo and Colombo-Dhaka route will cost US$ 450and US$ 800.00 respectively. Dhaka-Male one way and return ticket on the other hand will be priced at US$ 500 for the former and US$ 860.00 for the later while for Male-Dhaka it would cost respectively US$ 400 and US$700.00.
This was revealed at a press conference organised on the eve of the launching of the airlines' flight to Colombo and Male on July 28.
Currently the airliner operates in its Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route through one single Boeing 737 aircraft, while the only other aircraft it possesses (which is also a Boeing 737) is not operational due to the fuel price hike.
"The 50 seat ERJ 145 jet would be added to the fleet by August and will be operational in the Dhaka-Chittagong and the Dhaka-Kolkata routes," Best Air Chairman M Haider Uzzaman informed. Painting a gloomy picture of the aviation sector worldwide amid the global fuel crisis; Haider informed that the industry is expecting to loose around US$ 25 billion this year due to this oil price hike.
"On our part, we had to suspend our Dhaka-Chittagong flight very recently due to not getting enough passengers after being compelled to increase our fair to Tk. 5,500.00," Haider affirmed.
The one way and return tickets for both Dhaka-Colombo and Colombo-Dhaka route will cost US$ 450and US$ 800.00 respectively. Dhaka-Male one way and return ticket on the other hand will be priced at US$ 500 for the former and US$ 860.00 for the later while for Male-Dhaka it would cost respectively US$ 400 and US$700.00.