US-Bangla Airlines adds second largest Airbus 330-300
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 06 Apr 2024
Airbus 330-300. Photo : Courtesy
The US-Bangla Airlines has expanded its fleet by adding the second largest Airbus 330-300. The Airbus joined the US-Bangla fleet on Saturday at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The Airbus landed at the Dhaka airport from Guangzhou, China on 6 April at 5:30am. The seating capacity of the newly-added Airbus is 436.
The newly-integrated aircraft was formally accepted by senior officials of the US-Bangla Airlines.
The newly-added airbus will operate on London and Rome routes along with Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia in future. At present it will be operated on Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat, Doha and Kuala Lumpur routes.
The Airbus 330-300 joined the US-Bangla fleet as the 24th aircraft. The US-Bangla Airlines currently has two Airbus 330-300, 9 Boeing 737-800, 10 ATR 72-600 and three Dash 8-Q400 aircraft in its fleet.
US-Bangla is currently the largest airline in Bangladesh in terms of number of aircrafts.