Best Air started operating five flights weekly, flying on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur vice versa route every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, utilising MD83 aircraft with 162 seats configuration.
KLIA already has Biman Bangladesh Air operating seven flights weekly and GMG Airlines which operates seven flights weekly. Dato’ Seri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports said: “Malaysia Airports is delighted to welcome Best Air to KLIA. Best Air’s confidence on the load factor between Kuala Lumpur and Bangladesh is evident by starting with five flights weekly, and we hope they will further increase their frequencies to fly daily to KLIA soon.”
Dato’ Seri Bashir added: “Passengers will benefit greatly in terms of connectivity and flying options as now KLIA has three airlines flying direct to Bangladesh. We expect the passenger movements between Malaysia and Bangladesh to increase based on these services.”
Best Air obtained License in 2006 from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate Passenger Service in the International & Domestic Sectors. Best Air will start with a fleet of two B-737 aircraft to operate in the Regional Destinations such as Kolkata, Jaipur, Bangkok and Kunming; Domestic Destinations like Chittagong and Sylhet. The second phase will include Far-East, Middle-East, Europe and USA by using Wide Bodied Aircraft.
Source:indiaaviation.aero
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