[amar11372]

Bangladesh Aviation - Part 5

This thread is a continuation of Bangladesh Aviation - Part 4. Now, discuss away !!! :cheers2:

 

[iasif]

Bangladesh Aviation - Part 5

This thread is a continuation of Bangladesh Aviation - Part 4. Now, discuss away !!! :cheers2:

Part 4 only reached a 3-star rating...too bad!

 

[amar11372]

Part 4 only reached a 3-star rating...too bad!

I best guess would be that some idiots from outside the BD Sub-Forum gave 1 star and thus bought down the average ratings.

 

[QGR]

Part 4 only reached a 3-star rating...too bad!

Apart from what amar11372 has said, the quality of discussion in part 4 was also to some extent scattered, primarily due to the timing and much shorter duration than the previous three. BD aviation sector largely remained barren during this time with nothing exciting happened. Hopefully part 5 will be more eventful as BG is going to add some new generation bird in its fleet…kay:

 

[Abdulr123]

I best guess would be that some idiots from outside the BD Sub-Forum gave 1 star and thus bought down the average ratings.

I dont no how you rate the forum., but i would definitly give it a 5 Star.

 

[AeroGeeK]

Apart from what amar11372 has said, the quality of discussion in part 4 was also to some extent scattered, primarily due to the timing and much shorter duration than the previous three. BD aviation sector largely remained barren during this time with nothing exciting happened. Hopefully part 5 will be more eventful as BG is going to add some new generation bird in its fleet…kay:

In part 4 I saw shadow of Mr. NG in some members.:lol:

P.S. Imran Bhai, can we use your name in reference section of our report? And can we use the person's name in whose office we sat? What's his name anyway?

 

[tislam84]

United to spread wings further to int'l routes

United Airways is going to spread its wings further on international routes as it yesterday got government permission to operate flights twice a week on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route, the first by a private airline.

It also got permission to operate flights to Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

The company said the civil aviation ministry gave the permission after reviewing the past track record of the airline in operating flights on international routes.

The United Airways, a venture of the non-resident Bangladeshis mainly living in the UK, is expected to start its operating flights on the Dhaka-London-Dhaka route by the year-end and at least to one destination in Saudi Arabia. It is now operating international flights to Kolkata and Dubai.

On July 23, the United Airways launched a direct flight to Dubai. It is operating a flight from Dhaka to Dubai every Thursday and Sunday with its newly procured 155-seat MD-83 aircraft.

Source: The Daily Star: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=99996

 

[sulz132]

What kind of Aircraft will they be operating to EGLL?

 

[kodbel]

Kuwait Airways makes emergency landing at ZIA

Sun, Aug 2nd, 2009 5:58 pm BdST

Dhaka, August 2 (bdnews24.com)A Kuwait Airways flight with 229 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Zia International Airport on Sunday immediately after taking off with engine trouble.

The director of the airport, wing commander M Saeedul Hasan Khan, told bdnews24.com that the engine problem might have developed from a collision with a bird. No-one was injured in the incident, though, Khan added.

The plane had left for Kuwait at 7:38am but returned and landed immediately.

Traffic officer of the airline Mahmudul Hassan said, "One engine of the plane developed complications after a bird came in contact with the plane."

The airline sent 30 passengers to London and five to Paris by another plane and kept the rest at hotel. Fifty-five of them will be sent to their middle-east destinations on Sunday night, according to Hassan.

But no decision has been made about the 90 who were to go to New York, the officer added.

I just noted that 40% of that KU flight was bound for JFK. We don't get to know the proportion of connecting passengers but 40% heading for JFK seems a lot to me. Is that normal for KU or was it just a one-off incident?

KU is aggressively promoting their LHR-DAC service and I am pretty sure it's true for their JFK and other destinations; but wonder how EK, QR and GF are responding.

In part 4 I saw shadow of Mr. NG in some members.:lol:

I second that

 

[tislam84]

Southern Airlines starts flights with Canton

The China Southern Airlines inaugurated its Dhaka-Canton flights on Monday.
The first flight reached at Zia International Airport at 1 am on Monday and the return flight departed Dhaka at 3 am.
At a simple ceremony at ZIA, officials of Chinese Embassy in Dhaka and Novo Air, the GSA of the Chinese airline here, greeted the crews and passengers in the inaugural flights.
The ceremony was also attended by the first secretary of People Republic of Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, Yin Yi Fan.
Mofizur Rahman, managing director of Novo Air said, China Southern Airlines would operate Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka flights once a week, initially with Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 170-seat capacity.
The airline has a plan to increase its frequency of flight soon to provide better service to its passengers, he added.

 

[Abdulr123]

United to spread wings further to int'l routes

United Airways is going to spread its wings further on international routes as it yesterday got government permission to operate flights twice a week on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route, the first by a private airline.

It also got permission to operate flights to Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

The company said the civil aviation ministry gave the permission after reviewing the past track record of the airline in operating flights on international routes.

The United Airways, a venture of the non-resident Bangladeshis mainly living in the UK, is expected to start its operating flights on the Dhaka-London-Dhaka route by the year-end and at least to one destination in Saudi Arabia. It is now operating international flights to Kolkata and Dubai.

On July 23, the United Airways launched a direct flight to Dubai. It is operating a flight from Dhaka to Dubai every Thursday and Sunday with its newly procured 155-seat MD-83 aircraft.

Source: The Daily Star: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=99996

Looks like they will be using Boeing 767 as it states on 4H website.

http://www.uabdl.com/news_events.html

 

[akbar1]

MAD DOG YO!!!!

 

[amar11372]

United to fly to London this year
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka

United Airways Limited, one of the country’s leading private airlines, will start Dhaka-London-Dhaka flights within this year as the government today gave approval, in principle, to operate the flights.

The civil aviation ministry gave the approval at a meeting held at its conference room considering the successful operations of the private airline since its inception two years ago.

United Airlines will also be allowed to operate Dhaka-Saudi Arabia-Dhaka flights at the end of this year, said a press release.

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/aug/04/busi.html

 

[amar11372]

^^ How did United get the permission to fly to London before GMG?

 

[Manazir]

Looks like they will be using Boeing 767 as it states on 4H website. http://www.uabdl.com/news_events.html

that will be used for the time being ...... but as per teh plan, it should be B777-300ER in the future

 

[amar11372]

From http://www.uabdl.com/news_events.html

United Airways Limited, Bangladesh's premier and most preferred airline, will launch services to London, the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, and Jeddah the capital city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Dhaka, effective November, 2009.

This will be the airline's fifth and sixth international flight from Bangladesh. The airline will launch three services a week on the Dhaka - London sector, on Tuesdays, Thursday and Sunday respectively, aboard a state-of-the-art Boeing new generation and MD83 aircrafts. With the introduction of this new flight, United Airways will fly to 7 cities in the Gulf, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Riyadh.

 

[Manazir]

^^

crazy decision! MD83?!?!?!?! to DAC-LHR??? pfttt i dont wanna say anythin more!

 

[manbil777]

^^

crazy decision! MD83?!?!?!?! to DAC-LHR??? pfttt i dont wanna say anythin more!

It's not all that crazy. Uncomfortable and butt-numbing, but not crazy

Look at Airblue (Pakistan). They're running Islamabad --> Manchester with A320's and A321's.

 

[Manazir]

^^

yeah I knw but A320 family aircrafts at least have a wider body than MD83!!! MD83 will be effin uncomfortable and boring DAC-LHR route! Why couldnt they lease a wide body A330 at least lol?

Abdulr123 bro can tell us more

btw Abdulr123: check ur pm

 

[Manazir]

MAD DOG YO!!!!

AGREE! its indeed, a MAD DOG! If 4H keeps continuing opearting some tiny MDs, then they can prepare themselves for loss.