US-Bangla's 9th ATR 72–600 lands at Dhaka Airport
Dhaka: US-Bangla Airlines has added the 9th ATR 72-600 aircraft to its fleet.
The aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on July 23 at 4:00 pm and was received by high officials of US-Bangla, said the airline in a release.
The new aircraft has 72 seat capacity and will be deployed on the airline’s domestic routes and one international route–Kolkata.
With the addition of the new ATR 72-600, the number of aircraft in the airline’s fleet has increased to 20, making US-Bangla the biggest private airline of the country.
US-Bangla currently operates flights on all domestic routes as well as international destinations such as Kolkata, Chennai, Male, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Sharjah, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Guangzhou.
There are further plans to add six more wide-body aircraft to the airline’s fleet by 2023, also mentioned US-Bangla in the release.
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