US-Bangla to start flying to Dubai from February 1, 2021

Dhaka: The largest private carrier US-Bangla Airlines has announced to start operating scheduled passenger flights to Dubai from February 1, 2021. Initially, the airline will operate seven flights a week from Dhaka to Dubai.

US-Bangla plans to operate flights to various destinations in the Middle East to serve passengers, especially expatriate Bangladeshis. The airline will soon operate flights to Abu Dhabi too, it announced. It is to be mentioned here that there are over one million expatriate Bangladeshis living in different cities of UAE, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The carrier currently operates flights to Muscat, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Guangzhou. US-Bangla announced that it is also planning to operate flights to Male and Colombo in early 2021.

Also, the airline is operating flights on all domestic routes in Bangladesh, from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Sylhet, Saidpur, Jashore, Rajshahi, and Barishal.

US-Bangla Airlines has a total of thirteen aircraft in its fleet, including four Boeing 737-800, six brand new ATR 72-600. There are plans to add four more new aircraft to the fleet soon, said the airline in a statement.