Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority-Operations and Planning Air Cdre Md Khalid Hossain, Member-Flight Standard and Regulations Group Captain Chowdhury M Zia ul Kabir, Director-Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, were special guests at the event.
The function was presided over by Captain Sikder Mezbahuddin Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of US-Bangla Airlines, said a press release.
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The inaugural flight with a 164-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft carried 140 passengers from Dhaka to Dubai. Initially, seven flights will be operated on the route on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays every week.
For Economy Class, the minimum one-way fare will be BDT 54,999 and return fare BDT 73,000 on the route.
Also the minimum one-way fare of AED 1,670 and return fare of AED 2,753 have been fixed on the Dubai-Dhaka route.
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For Business Class the one-way fare BDT 79,200 and return fare BDT 153,526 has been fixed in the Dhaka-Dubai route. Also one-way fare AED 2,620 and return fare AED 4,453 have been fixed in the Dubai-Dhaka route.
The fares include all taxes and surcharges.
US-Bangla Airlines has a total of thirteen aircraft in its fleet, including 4 Boeing 737-800, 6 brand new ATR 72-600. There are plans to add four more new aircraft to the fleet soon.
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US-Bangla Airlines currently operates flights to Muscat, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Guangzhou. US-Bangla also plans to operate flights to Male and Colombo, shortly.
Besides, US-Bangla operates flights all domestic routes of Bangladesh especially from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Sylhet, Saidpur, Jashore, Rajshahi, and Barishal.
(Written by: M, ST)