Country`s private carrier US-BANGLA Airlines is set to fly to Singapore tomorrow morning as its fifth international destination. The Singapore-bound maiden flight will leave Dhaka at 11pm (local time) with 164-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft and is scheduled to reach the destination at 5.15am (local time)."We are operating flight on this route as Singapore is one of the most important cities in Asia besides there is a good demand from passengers," said US-BANGLA Managing Director Muhammed Abdullah Al Mamun. Besides, the return flight will start from Singapore at 6.15 am (local time) and will land in Dhaka at 8.30am (local time). US-BANGLA will operate Dhaka-Singapore-Dhaka flight on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Initially, the minimum fare for Dhaka-Singapore route has been fixed at BDT 19,999 and with return, BDT 24,499 inclusive of all taxes and surcharges. The Boeing 737-800 has 8 business-class and 156 economy seats.Now, the US-BANGLA is operating international flights to Muscat from Dhaka and Chittagong and to Kolkata from Dhaka daily and weekly 5 flights to Kuala Lumpur with Boeing 737- 800 aircraft. In addition, flights on Dhaka-Kathmandu route is being operated three days in a week.Mamun said: "They have planned to expand their footprint to Bangkok, Guangzhou, Doha and Paro within a short possible time." Besides, in domestic routes, the airlines is operating six flights in Dhaka-Chittagong, three flights in Dhaka-Cox`s Bazar, three flights in Dhaka-Jessore, two flights in Dhaka-Saidpur and one flight in Dhaka-Sylhet route daily. And three flights in Dhaka-Barisal and Dhaka-Rajshahi routes are being operated weekly.Currently, US-BANGLA has six aircraft in its fleet, of which three are Boeing 737-800 and three are Dash8- Q400. "Within August, 2017, the forth Boeing 737-800 and DASH8-Q400 aircraft will join to its fleet as well," added US-BANGLA Managing Director.
Source : BSS