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New Airline opens Dubai-Dhaka route

Best Air, a private Bangladeshi airline, has commenced scheduled flights between Dhaka and Dubai.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 14:33 September 14, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Best Air, a private Bangladeshi airline, has commenced scheduled flights between Dhaka and Dubai.

The inaugural flight, which was received by Buty Ahmed Bin Solaiman, Deputy Director General of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Dubai Airports officials, marks the start of four weekly flights (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) on the route.

The young airline aims to give quality service in terms of flight frequency, cancellation and punctuality as well as onboard hospitality.

More then 800,000 estimated Bangladeshis are working in UAE and the number is rising, driven by expanding economic activities between the two countries hence the Dubai destination chosen by Best Air. An increasing number of Bangladeshis come to the UAE for trade, commerce as well as employment.

Farhad Hossain, Director Best Air said, "The carrier would soon add international routes to Singapore, Malaysia, India, China and some other destinations."

The airline made its debuts in January this year with one domestic route and in less then five months has expanded to include many international flights such as to Bangkok, Colombo, and now Dubai.

Farhad Hossain said the airline planned to put B767-300 ER wide-bodied aircraft on the Dubai route. To attract passengers, Best Air is offering promotional fares for its Dubai-Dhaka service.

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