US-Bangla to start Dhaka-Delhi direct flights this month

US-Bangla Airlines is going to start direct flights to its 12th international destination, India‍‍`s capital Delhi, from the last week of July.

Flights will run on the Dhaka-Delhi route four days a week -- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, said a press release.

With opening this route, US-Bangla is about to fulfill the long-awaited expectations of Bangladeshi tourists and travellers who are interested in getting advanced medical care, and education in various universities in Delhi.

The decision to operate US-Bangla flights to Delhi is set to further strengthen the ties between the two friendly countries, added the release.

Delhi will be US-Bangla‍‍`s third direct route to India. Currently, it is operating flights on Kolkata and Chennai routes in India.

As part of future plans, US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operating flights with Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Delhi.

Currently, the US-Bangla fleet has a total of 19 aircraft, including 8 Boeing 737-800.

For the first time, two Airbus 330s are going to be added to the US-Bangla fleet by next August. With this, there is a plan to operate flights from Dhaka to Jeddah route this year.

Apart from Chennai, Kolkata, US-Bangla Airlines is currently operating flights to Dubai, one of the Middle East destinations, Sharjah, Muscat, Doha, Kuala Lumpur inhabited by expatriate Bangladeshis, Singapore, Male, one of the tourist-friendly destinations Bangkok and Guangzhou one of the commercial cities of China.