United Airways flies to Cox's Bazar, Jessore

United Airways (Bangladesh) Ltd, a private sector airline founded by non-resident Bangladeshis, yesterday launched two new flights to Cox's Bazar and Jessore.
The airline operates a Canadian made 37-seat Dash-8 aircraft on the new routes, Dhaka-Cox's Bazar-Dhaka and Dhaka-Jessore-Dhaka.
Return ticket fare has been fixed at Tk 5,290 including tax for Jessore and Tk 8,890 including tax for Cox's Bazar.
Besides, the airline also flies to Chittagong and Sylhet. Barisal and Rajshahi will be two new destinations of the airline soon.
At the new flight launching programme, Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, chairman and managing director of the airline, said United Airways handled over 6000 passengers in the last seven months.
He also said the company will add two new aircraft to its fleet by the next month to launch more domestic routes.
The company has already invested Tk 50 crore in the airline business. With Tk 100crore authorised capital, the company is also planning to invest Tk2000 crore by the next five years in the aviation sector, according to Choudhury.
"We have received licence from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate passenger and cargo services both on international and domestic routes," said Choudhury, also a pilot.
He said aircraft passenger market in the country is showing 8 to 10 percent growth per year, but no airline was introduced in the last seven to eight years.
The non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) mainly from the UK have teamed up to create an airline in Bangladesh and become a major carrier in the next two years on the domestic routes.
Choudhury also invited local investors to invest in the United Airways.
Presently, GMG Airlines, a private sector carrier, has the domestic market share of more than 60 percent.