US-Bangla Airlines is a privately owned Bangladeshi airline headquartered in Dhaka and based at Shahjalal International Airport.
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History
US-Bangla Airlines commenced operations with domestic flights on 17 July 2014. It is a subsidiary of US-Bangla Group, a United States-Bangladesh joint venture company. Initially, the airline launched two domestic destinations, Chittagong and Jessore from its hub in Dhaka. Flights to Cox's Bazar from Dhaka were launched in August. In October, the airline launched flights to Saidpur.
In July 2016, the airline announced plans to phase in its first two Boeing 737-800 aircraft in September of the same year, and to subsequently launch new international routes, for example to Singapore and Dubai by the end of 2016.
US-Bangla Airlines is planning to acquire Airbus A330 or Boeing 777 to start operations to Jeddah and Riyadh.
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Corporate affairs
Its headquarters are in the Baridhara Diplomatic Zone in Dhaka. Its India office is in Bowbazar, Kolkata. Its United States offices are in Bangladesh Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City. Its Canada offices are in East York, Toronto. Its Thailand office is in Watthana District, Bangkok.
US Bangla Group
US-Bangla Group is the Bangladeshi parent company. It has interests in real estate, and best known for the airline. The company is a United States-Bangladesh joint venture company.
The business group has interests in:
Destinations
As of February 2017, US-Bangla Airlines serves the following domestic and international destinations:
- Bangladesh
- Dhaka - Shahjalal International Airport [Hub]
- Chittagong - Shah Amanat International Airport
- Jessore - Jessore Airport
- Cox's Bazar - Cox's Bazar Airport
- Saidpur - Saidpur Airport
- Sylhet - Osmani International Airport
- Rajshahi - Shah Makhdum Airport
- Barisal - Barisal Airport
- India
- Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Nepal
- Kathmandu - Tribhuvan International Airport
- Oman
- Muscat - Muscat International Airport
- Qatar
- Doha Hamad International Airport
- Singapore
- Singapore Changi Airport
- Thailand
- Suvarnabhumi Airport
Fleet
As of December 2017, US-Bangla Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 September 2015, one of the airline's Bombardier Dash 8 Q-402s skidded off the runway at Saidpur Airport upon landing on a domestic flight. There were no personal injuries reported.
References
External links
Media related to US-Bangla Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- US-Bangla Group website: us-bangla
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Source of the article : Wikipedia
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