Private local carrier US-Bangla Airlines will induct two new Boeing 737-800 aircrafts to its fleet in November aiming at opening new routes and increasing flight frequency to international destinations.
The aircrafts with capacity of accommodating 167 passengers each, eight in business and 159 in economy classes, will be added to the airlines fleet by the first and third week of November respectively.
Currently, US-Bangla airlines has four 164-seater Boeing 737-800 and three 76-seater Dash 8-Q400 aircrafts in their existing fleet.
In the international region, the US-Bangla Airlines operates to Kolkata, Muscat, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok and Guangzhou from Dhaka and to Muscat, Doha and Kolkata from Chittagong.
Meanwhile, the airlines is operating in the country’s all seven domestic destinations – from Dhaka to Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Jessore, Saidpur, Sylhet, Barisal and Rajshahi routes.