Bhutan Airlines\\\' flight to Dhaka from May

Bhutan Airlines, the first private airline of Kingdom of Bhutan, will operate regular flights to Dhaka from May this year, says a press release in Dhaka.

Initially, the flight will be operated in the Paro-Dhaka-Bangkok route thrice a week. The airline will carry passengers by Airbus A-319/320 having both business and economy classes.

Phala Dorji, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bhutan Airlines, has disclosed these at a city hotel on Thursday. The programme was organised by Global Airways Pvt. Ltd, general sales agent (GSA) of Bhutan Airlines in Bangladesh. It is a sister concern of Kuliarchar Aviation Ltd, adds the release.

Pema Choden, Ambassador of Kingdom of Bhutan in Dhaka and M. Nazmul Hassan, MP have attended the announcement programme. Tshenchok Thinlay, Executive Director, Ugyen Tenzin, General Manager  (Commercial) and  Tshitrim Dorji, IT Manager of Bhutan Airlines, Md. Musa Meah, Chairman and Mehnaz Tabassum, Executive  Director of Kuliarchar Group, Abrar Mahmud, Acting Managing Director and Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director of Global Airways Pvt. Ltd were present in the event.

Bhutan Airlines is Bhutan's first private airline, owned by Tashi Group of Companies- a business conglomerate in Bhutan since 1954. Bhutan Airlines started its international operations on October 2013 and presently operates schedule services to Kathmandu and Kolkata.