US-Bangla to operate two daily flights to Kolkata

US-Bangla Airlines will operate two daily flights from Dhaka to Kolkata from August 4.

The newly added flight will take off from Dhaka to Kolkata at 6:30pm every day from August 4 and depart from Kolkata to Dhaka at 7:35pm and land in Dhaka at 9:00pm.

US-Bangla Airlines has decided to increase the number of flights due to the continuous increase in passenger demand on the Dhaka-Kolkata route.

At present, daily flights depart from Dhaka to Kolkata at 10:10am and take off from Kolkata at 11:30am to Dhaka and arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 12:55pm.

The two flights on the Dhaka-Kolkata route will be operated by US-Bangla Airlines with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The US-Bangla fleet currently has a total of 16 aircraft including 6 Boeing 737-800, 7 ATR 72-600 aircraft. US-Bangla plans to add 7 more aircraft to its fleet this year.