Thursday 10 November 2016

US-Bangla Airlines launches flight to Muscat today and to Kolkata on 1 December 2016

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



According to US-Bangla Airlines, it launches its first B737-800 international flight today (11 November 2016) from Dhaka to Muscat and from Dhaka to Kolkata with effect from 1 December 2016.

On 11 November 2016, US-Bangla Airlines flight BS321 departs from Dhaka for Muscat at 10.45 pm, arrives in Muscat at 2 am before taking off from Muscat for Dhaka  at 3 am and touches down in Dhaka at 11.20 am under flight BS322. The direct flights to Muscat are operated twice a week on Sundays and Fridays while its flights from Muscat land in Dhaka on Mondays and Saturdays.

On 15 November 2016 (Tuesday), BS321 departs from Dhaka for Muscat via Chittagong at 8.45 pm, arrives in Chittagong in 45 minutes before leaving Chittagong at 10.15 pm and arriving in Dhaka at 2 am. It departs from Muscat at 3 am, transits in Chittagong before leaving Chittagong for Dhaka at 9.50 am and returns to Dhaka at 11.20 am under flight BS322. Flights to Muscat via Chittagong are operated on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On 1 December 2016, US-Bangla Airlines launches its first scheduled flight from Dhaka to Kolkata at 11.40 am under flight BS201, arrives in Kolkata at 12 pm before leaving Kolkata for Dhaka at 12.50 pm and touching down in Dhaka at 2 pm on a daily basis under flight BS202.

US-Bangla Airlines faces direct competition from Regent Airways, Bangladesh's other private airline, on the flights to Muscat from Dhaka while it faces fiercer competition from Regent Airways, Air India Express and Biman Bangladesh Airlines on the Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka route sectors. Another Bangladeshi airline Novoair intends to start flights to Kolkata too.

US-Bangla Airlines now has two new Boeing B737-800 aircraft and it will have its third B737-800 aircraft in December 2016 for the new Kolkata flight. Future destinations it plans to operate international flights to include Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Doha and Dubai. Its first international destination is Kathmandu.

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