Aviation
US-Bangla Airlines gets another aircraft
Thursday, 15 February 2018
US-Bangla Airlines, one of the leading private airlines in Bangladesh, has added one more DASH 8-Q400 aircraft to its fleet, says a press release.
With the new addition, the number of its passenger planes rose to eight including four Boeing 737-800 and four Dash 8-Q400 aircraft.
Imran Asif, CEO of US-Bangla Airlines, received the aircraft on Tuesday at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Capt. Abid Sultan, Capt. Lutfor Rahman and First Officer Maruf Ahmed flew by this ferry flight from Montreal, Canada.
The 76-seater Turboprop DASH 8-Q400 aircraft landed in presence of Executive Director M G Tawhid, Director Operation Capt. Mashiul Azam, Director Customer Service A K M Junaid, GM Operation Zulfiqar Ali, GM Customer Service Emran Ahmed, GM Marketing Support and Public Relations Kamrul Islam, GM Procurement Tawfiqul Haque, DGM Customer Service Abul Kalam Azad and other high officials of the US-Bangla Airlines Ltd.
Currently, the US-Bangla Airlines operates domestic flights from Dhaka to Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Jessore, Sylhet, Saidpur, Rajshahi, Barisal and international flights from Dhaka to Kolkata, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Doha and Muscat.