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US-Bangla to start Dhaka Male flight in November

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19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 | Update: 19 Sep 2021 01:52:15
US-Bangla to start Dhaka Male flight in November

US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operating flights to Male, the capital of Maldives, one of the popular destinations in South Asia in November.

In the third week of November, US-Bangla will operate flights on Dhaka-Male-Dhaka route four days a week as part of the previous plan.

US-Bangla Airlines will operate 164-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Dhaka to Male. The US-Bangla Airlines fleet consists of a total of 14 aircraft, including 4 Boeing 737-800s and 7 brand new ATR 72-600s.

Kamrul Islam, General Manager (Public Relations) of US-Bangla Airlines said, “We have decided to operate flights to Male route for travel-thirsty Bangladeshi tourists, as the only Bangladeshi airline to make their travel smooth and affordable to fulfill the long-standing expectations of the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Maldives.”

Besides Bangladeshi tourists, there are millions of expatriate Bangladeshis in different parts of the Maldives to enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Maldives, he added.

In addition to domestic routes, currently US-Bangla Airlines operates flights to Dubai, Muscat and Doha, one of the destinations in the Middle East, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore inhabited by expatriate Bangladeshis, Chennai in neighboring India and Guangzhou, one of the destinations in China.

Flights on the Kolkata and Bangkok routes have been temporarily suspended due to travel bans on various countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of its future plans, US-Bangla Airlines plans to launch flights to Colombo, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam soon, said the company sources.

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