Private carrier US-Bangla Airlines launched two international flights — one on the Dhaka-Bangkok route and another on the Chattogram-Kolkata route — on Thursday morning.
The flight on the Dhaka-Bangkok route took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 10.10am and is slated to land at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 1.40pm (local time), said Md Kamrul Islam, general manager (public relations) of the carrier.
The return flight will leave Bangkok at 2.40pm (local time) on the same day and arrive in Dhaka at 4.20pm. The airline will operate flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok route five days a week, except for Mondays and Wednesdays.
Meanwhile, the flight on the Chattogram-Kolkata route took off from Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city around 10.15am and landed at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 11.40pm (local time).
The return flight will leave Kolkata at 12.40pm (local time) on the same day and arrive in Chattogram at 2.10pm.
The flight on the Chattogram-Kolkata route will operate seven days a week.
Apart from operating flights on all domestic routes, US-Bangla now runs flights to global destinations like Singapore, Chennai, Male, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Sharjah, Dubai and Muscat.
Source: United News of Bangladesh