United Airways lowered fares for flights to Kolkata from Dhaka and Chittagong to win back clients lost to service disruptions.

The current price of a one-way Dhaka-Kolkata flight is Tk 6,913, with a return ticket costing Tk 9,905, down from Tk 7,400 and Tk 10,800.

A one-way Chittagong-Kolkata fare is Tk 7,378, with a round trip for Tk 9,905, down from the previous rates of Tk 8,000 and Tk 12,300.

The private carrier's services to Kolkata resumed in June after remaining suspended for five months. “We started the lowest fares last week to attract more passengers on the route,” said Kamrul Islam, deputy general manager of United Airways for marketing support and public relations. A 64-seater ATR-72 aircraft is used for the daily flights to Kolkata from Dhaka and Chittagong.

The listed airline operates on the Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur and Dhaka-Muscat routes.

On the domestic front, United flies to Chittagong, Sylhet, Cox's Bazar, Jessore and Saidpur. Listed in 2010, United Airways is the lone airline on the country's stockmarket with around Tk 650 crore in market capitalisation.

United's shares traded between Tk 10.8 and Tk 10.3 on Dhaka Stock Exchange before closing at Tk 10.4 on Thursday, the last trading day. Set up in 2007, the airline has 11 aircraft, including two Airbus-310s and five MD-83s, three ATR-72s and one dash-8-100.