US-Bangla Airlines

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US-Bangla awarded for best performance

Independent Online/ UNB

US-Bangla Airlines Ltd, a domestic private airline received “Gold Award in the Best On-Time Performance-2019” for its continuous on-time flight operations in the country’s aviation industries.

The airline also received Silver category award for the best onboard services, best customer-friendly airline, best domestic airline and bronze category award in best-improved service.

US-Bangla Airlines was the topmost Bangladeshi Airlines to receive different category award in the same programme.  

General Manager of Public Relations of US-Bangla Airlines Ltd, Md Kamrul Islam received the award on behalf of the airlines from the Chief Guest HE Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Dehaimi, Ambassador of Qatar to Bangladesh on Friday.

US-Bangla airline operates daily flights to Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Jashore, Saidpur, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barishal from Dhaka.

In international routes, the airline operates flight to Kolkata, Chennai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Muscat and Doha.

The airline started its journey on July 17, 2014.

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US-Bangla introduces ATR aircraft

 

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US-Bangla plans to increase inter-connectivity in domestic routes

The private airline has six brand new ATR aircraft and wants to increase them to 10 this year

US-Bangla Airlines plans to increase inter-connectivity in domestic routes to cater to a growing number of passengers. 

The private airline has already started investing heavily in expanding its fleet by purchasing short-haul aircraft like the ATR 72-600.

The company has six brand new ATR aircraft and it wants to increase the number to 10 this year. 

It also plans to increase the frequency of flights on domestic routes to 35, from the existing 26. 

The airline has already started negotiating with the Civil Aviation Authority about introducing flights on different domestic routes such as Chattogram to Sylhet, Sylhet to Cox's Bazar and Jashore to Cox's Bazar.

Sikder Mezbahuddin Ahmed, adviser to US-Bangla, on Sunday disclosed their expansion plan at a press conference at the Parjatan Motel in Sylhet during the inauguration of its sixth brand new ATR 72-600 aircraft.

"We are increasing the number of ATR aircraft in our fleet, aiming to extend connectivity on domestic routes," he said. 

The other objective of buying short-haul aircraft is to make flight tickets affordable, he added. 

US-Bangla Airlines suffered an image crisis following the Nepal plane crash in March 2018. Its business was badly affected after that. However, the airline has now restored customer confidence by adding modern technology-based aircraft to the fleet. 

"Safety is our highest priority and that is why we are adding modern technology-based aircraft," said Mezbahuddin. 

The airline has also intensified training for its crew to ensure safe operations. 

US-Bangla Airlines came into being on July 17, 2014 with two 76-seater Dash8-Q400 aircraft and with a maiden flight to Jashore. 

It went international within two years by introducing flights to Kathmandu.

The airline's fleet now consists of thirteen aircraft – four Boeing 737-800, six brand new ATR72-600 and three Dash8-Q400, which is the highest for a private airline in the country.

On domestic routes, the airline currently operates daily flights to Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Jashore, Saidpur, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barishal from Dhaka. 

On international routes, it has flights to Kolkata, Chennai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Muscat and Doha. 

Regarding the coronavirus outbreak in China, Mezbahuddin said it has affected business through their flights to Guangzhou because the number of outbound passengers to China has declined drastically. 

"However, the load factor of inbound flights from China is still above 80 percent. That is why the airline has decided to continue flights to China until the load factor comes down to below 50 percent," he added. 

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US BANGLA'S SECOND A330 AT DHAKA | The second US-Bangla Airlines A330-300 (S2-ALB) is seen here being towed to the third terminal after arriving at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport earlier in the morning today. She was ferried from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and landed at 05:32AM local time.

The airline plans to utilize the A330s on Dhaka-Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, London and Rome but for now it will fly between Dubai, Doha, Muscat and Kualalumpur.
 

from Bangladesh Aviation Hub FB 

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US BANGLA'S FIRST A330 CONDUCTS DEMO FLIGHT | The first US-Bangla Airlines A330-300 (S2-ALA) is seen here taxiing to runway 14 at Dhaka, her first take-off from the home base to the port city of Chattogram, with CAAB officials onboard, who will monitor the aircraft, crew and ground staff on their handling of the bird, a requirement before granting the airline permission to use the A330 to operate passenger flights.

 

From Bangladesh Aviation HUB FB 

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যুক্ত হলো দ্বিতীয় এয়ারবাস ৩৩০, আরো সমৃদ্ধ ইউএস-বাংলার বহর

ঢাকার হযরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে ইউএস-বাংলার বিমান বহরে যুক্ত হয়েছে দ্বিতীয় বৃহদাকার এয়ারবাস ৩৩০-৩০০। এয়ারবাসটি চীনের গুয়াংজু থেকে শনিবার (৬ এপ্রিল) ভোর ৫টা ৩০ মিনিটে হযরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে অবতরণ করে।

নতুন যুক্ত হওয়া এয়ারবাসের আসনসংখ্যা ৪৩৬। আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে নতুন সংযোজিত এয়ারক্রাফটকে গ্রহণ করেন ইউএস-বাংলা এয়ারলাইন্সের ঊর্ধ্বতন কর্মকর্তাবৃন্দ।

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