Boeing 737-800 aircraft joined the fleet of US-Bangla Airlines
S Rahman : Today, the new Boeing 737-800 aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines arrived safely in Hazrat 
Shahjalal International Airport, creating a new milestone in the aviation industry of Bangladesh. US-Bangla operated Dhaka-Kathmandu flights as its first international route within two years of its operation. With the 158-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft in its fleet, US-Bangla will be able to connect to many more international destinations in the upcoming days.
The country’s one and only leading premium airline, US-Bangla started its inaugural flight on 17 July, 2014 by operating in Dhaka-Jessore route. With the induction of new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, there will be 4 aircraft in its fleet. Our Boeing 737-800 aircraft has 158 revenue seats each including 08 business class and Dash8 Q400 aircraft 76 seats each. US-Bangla has so far successfully operated over 16,000 flights in the domestic and Dhaka-Kathmandu route.
US-Bangla started its operation with the motto “fly fast-fly safe”. To expand its operation further into the international arena, the management of US-Bangla will procure two more new Boeing 737-500 aircraft out of which one will be arriving Bangladesh in the third week of October and the other in December 2016. Each aircraft will posses 4 lavatory to facilitate the passengers’ comfort.
The management of US-Bangla Airlines has decided to operate regular scheduled flights to Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore, Muscat, Doha, Guangzhou and many more international destinations with these Boeing 737-800 aircraft. US-Bangla will be the first airline in Bangladesh to connect Paro( Bhutan) with Dhaka in the near future.
US-Bangla received ‘Best Airline of the Year-2015’ award for its operation in the domestic sector by the renowned travel based newspaper of Bangladesh, The Bangladesh Monitor. It also achieved ‘Best Domestic Airline of the Year – 2014 & 2015’ award from the Bangladesh Travelers Forum.
US-Bangla Airlines maintains an impeccable standard of service equipped with incomparable reliability and flying comfort with in-flight service of international standard, and reached the milestone for best on-time performance, which is about 98.7%. To facilitate its passengers further beyond flying, US-Bangla also maintains a frequent flyer program named ‘Sky Star’. For in-flight entertainment of the passengers, US-Bangla also published its own in-flight magazine ‘Blue Sky’.
On this historical event of receiving the Boeing 737-800 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport , Dhaka, the Managing Director of US-Bangla Airlines, Mohammed Abdullah Al Mamun told “US-Bangla Airlines has always been focusing on increasing the standard of service up to an international level.
Our next goal is to stand as the best airline in Asia as we have already received the best airline title for the domestic operation. And this will surely increase the reputation of the aviation industry of Bangladesh.” Today, the management of US-Bangla Airlines on behalf of all its directors and employees expresses gratitude to all its patrons, well wishers and in particular, all the government agencies, travel agents and representatives of the print & electronic media for their heartfelt support in making US-Bangla, a success story.
