Dubai: RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE, has expanded its route network with flights to Bangladeshi cities of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Effective December 15th 2010 RAK Airways will offer three flights a week to Dhaka and three flights a week to Chittagong.
RAK Airways CEO Omar Jahameh said: "With our new routes to Bangladesh RAK Airways is delivering on its mandate to provide travellers with a value offering to a range of exciting destinations.”
Jahameh explained the destinations had been strategically chosen, “With flights to the nation’s capital, Dhaka, the centre of economy and commerce as well as to the coastal, tourist hot-spot, Chittagong, RAK Airways passengers can take advantage of the latent opportunities for trade and tourism that exist between the UAE and Bangladesh,” Jahameh concluded.
With the set up of a permanent trade and display centre in the UAE, Bangladesh has shifted its focus from manpower exports and is now looking to the UAE as a full-fledged trading partner. Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, is renowned for its historical architecture and is also known as the ‘City of Mosques’. Chittagong, Bangladesh’s second largest city, is a vibrant sea-port and an attractive tourist-destination that boasts rainforests and lush, sandy beaches.
