US-Bangla adds 8th Boeing 737-800 to its fleet
Economic Reporter :
Private carrier US-Bangla Airlines has added one more Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet. With the addition of one Boeing 737-800, the number of US-Bangla Airlines aircraft now stands at 18, highest among the private airlines of Bangladesh, Md Kamrul Islam, General Manager (public relations) of the US-Bangla, said on Saturday.
Of them, the number of Boeing 737-800 is eight, ATR 72-600 is seven and Das 8-Q 400 is three.
The new Boeing 737-800 landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday directly from Kuwait. Captain Lutfor Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of US-Bangla, officially received the aircraft.
The aircraft has 189 economy class seats, Kamrul said.
Apart from operating flights on all domestic routes, US-Bangla now runs flights to Kolkata, Chennai, Male, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Sharjah, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Guangzhou.
