Dhaka : Country's largest private carrier US-Bangla Airlines has increased the number of flight frequencies on Dhaka-Chennai, and Dhaka-Male, routes following high demand of passengers.
From March 13, the carrier is operating seven weekly flights on Dhaka-Chennai-Dhaka route, instead of five; and on Dhaka-Male-Dhaka route, the airline is operating four weekly flights instead of three, US-Bangla said in a press release.
From March 26, the airline will also be operating daily flights on Dhaka-Kolkata route instead of two flights a week.
US-Bangla Airlines currently operates Boeing 737-800 on Chennai, Male and Kolkata routes. Its fleet currently has a total of 16 aircraft, including six Boeing 737-800 and seven ATR 72-600.
In addition to Chennai, Male, and Kolkata, US-Bangla currently operates international flights to Kolkata, Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat, Doha, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou.
The airline is also planning to operate flights to Colombo, Delhi, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Medina in the near future while resuming flights to Bangkok.