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Bangladesh has seen a total of 12 Bangladeshi private airlines in the past 25 years. [1] US-Bangla is the largest airline in Bangladesh by fleet size while Biman Bangladesh is the national flag carrier.
Novoair launched a commercial operation on 9 Jan 2013 with Embraer 145 jet aircraft as the first Bangladeshi airline to operate this type. [citation needed] In July 2013, Novoair launched Smiles, the frequent-flyer program of the airline. [6] Smiles is the first frequent-flyer program for domestic flights in Bangladesh's aviation history.
The airline started flights from Dhaka to Chennai (via Chittagong) on 31 March 2019 also becoming first Bangladeshi airline carrier to operate flights to Southern India. [ 11 ] In February 2019, US-Bangla Airlines announced an order for four ATR 72-600 aircraft, to be used on domestic flights.
Biman Bangladesh, the national airline, and the privately-owned US-Bangla are the two international carriers based in Bangladesh, which also operate domestic flights to these airports alongside three other private airlines. In 2023, Bangladesh ranked 88 in the Logistics Performance Index among 139 countries and third among South Asian countries ...
Best Air obtained a license in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate passenger service in domestic and international sectors. The company was formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Best Aviation and a Kuwait-based company, Aqeeq Aviation Holding which controls a 70% share of the airline.
[21] [22] As of May 2019, the airline serves 16 cities and destinations in 12 different countries across Asia and Europe. Biman Bangladesh Airlines restarted its direct flights to Delhi in 2019 after a gap of six years. [23] Shortly after, the airline also resumed its direct flights to Manchester which was last served until October 2012. [24]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, [nb 1] commonly known as Biman (/ b iː m ɑː n / bee-mah-n, Bengali:), [nb 2] is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh. [6] With its main hub at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the airline also operates flights from its secondary hubs at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and as well as Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.
The airline inaugurated its operation with daily three flights on Dhaka–Cox's Bazar–Dhaka route and three daily flights on Dhaka-Chittagong–Dhaka route. [6] On 23 February 2023, the new airline launched Dhaka - Sylhet flight for first time. [7] [8] On 14 May 2024, Air Astra launched daily flights between Dhaka - Saidpur - Dhaka. As of ...