Airbus A330-300 has been added to the fleet of US-Bangla Airlines as the 23rd aircraft. The 436-seater aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Guangzhou, China on Friday.
US-Bangla Airlines Chief Executive Officer Captain Lutfor Rahman officially received the newly added aircraft. The Airbus was greeted by a water cannon salute.
As part of the plans, the airline will operate flights with Airbus on the London-Rome route along with Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam in Saudi Arabia. Considering the number of aircraft, the largest airline in Bangladesh is US-Bangla Airlines.
At present, US-Bangla Airlines operates regular flights on all domestic routes apart from international routes to Kolkata, Chennai, Male, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Sharjah, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Guangzhou.
Currently US-Bangla Airlines fleet consists of Airbus 330-300, 9 Boeing 737-800, 10 ATR 72-600, and three Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. Plans are also underway to add another Airbus 330-300 soon.
Earlier on Friday, the 22nd aircraft Boeing 737-800 landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via Georgia-Serbia.
