The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Best Air, the country's third private airliner, is likely to start operating its Dhaka-Singapore and Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur flights from this month, spreading its wings on international route.

"Initially, we'll operate flights on Friday and Monday each week on Dhaka-Singapore route," Best Air chairman Haider Uzzaman told UNB.

He said that a newly procured 162-seater MD-83 aircraft would be used for the route.

Replying to a question, Haider said the initial date for inaugural Dhaka-Singapore flight was October 13. "But we have to change the date as vacation is going on in Bangladesh and Singapore also. We will fix the new date within a short time."

About the Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route, the Best Air chairman said that they did not fix the date yet, but "we will start operation on the route by this month."

Best Air is also operating flights on Dhaka-Bangkok and Dhaka-Colombo-Male routes.

Best Aviation started its journey in 1999 as helicopter operator and then began its operation as a Freighter Airline in 2000. It obtained license in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate Passenger Service in the international and domestic sectors.

The company launched its passenger fleet with Boeing 737-200, which was the first in Bangladesh.

The airliner started its operation on the country's busiest Dhaka-Chittagong route on January 14 this year with Boeing

737-200.