Biman Bangladesh Airlines Announces Huge Growth and 5 Additional Destinations to its Domestic Flight Schedule

Feb. 19, 2015
The national carrier will start flight operations between Dhaka and five more domestic cities – Cox’s Bazar, Jessore, Rajshahi, Syedpur and Barisal.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today announced major growth to its flights within Bangladesh with its new schedule which comes in to effect from 06 April.

In additional to adding significantly more frequency on existing domestic routes between Dhaka and Chittagong and Dhaka and Sylhet; the national carrier will start flight operations between Dhaka and five more domestic cities – Cox’s Bazar, Jessore, Rajshahi, Syedpur and Barisal. The airline previously had services to some of these points many years ago but suspended them due to fleet constraints.

In a statement from the airline, the carrier said that, with effect from 6 April, per week, it will operate 6 flights to Cox’s bazar, 5 to Jessore, 3 to both Rajshahi and Syedpur and 2 to Barisal. Furthermore, it will add up to 25 additional frequencies per week on Chittagong and Sylhet.

The additional destinations will be operated by recently acquired Dash8-Q400 aircraft in a single 74 seat configuration. Both Chittagong and Sylhet will also operate their existing frequencies on other aircraft types, reflecting market demand on the routes.

In total, the airline will see massive growth in flights within Bangladesh, operating over 120 flights per week. The total number of seats will grow almost 80% weekly to a considerable 14,010. The additional flights and new destinations will open for sale on 25 February. The airline will release its pricing structure and launch promotional offers at the same time.

Kyle Haywood, The Managing Director and CEO of the airline said ‘these are considerable positive improvements to the schedule we will offer current and new customers flying domestically. In connecting even more cities by air within the country, it will support the growing business and leisure travel markets. Our customers will have much more choice as to where they fly and when they fly with the introduction of these new destinations and higher frequency on existing routes. Furthermore, customers connecting with our international network can now enjoy a seamless travel experience to and from more cities in Bangladesh and international destinations’.