Regent Airways, the leading private airline added a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft in its fleet early this week and it will start flying on two new routes.
With this Regent Airways has four Boeing and two Dash aircraft in its fleet, according to a press release mailed to The Daily Observer on Wednesday.
On Sunday last, Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Air Vice-Marshal Ehsanul Gani Chowdhury inaugurated the aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Chairman of Habib Group Yakub Ali was also present.
The total flight operation of the carrier will now be 700 a month, the company said.
Regent Airways Chairman Yasin Ali received the new Boeing at the Dhaka airport that came from Singapore on February 4.
The Boeing 737-800 has 167 seats, including 8 business class seats and 159 economy class seats.
"We are using the most modern flights and technology as part of the expansion of the international routes in the current year," the press release quoted Regent Airways Managing Director Mashruf Habib as saying.
"So, we have included the new Boeing 737-800 aircraft which is a new generation modern aircraft now. With this, we will start two new routes from Bangladesh to Doha of Qatar and Dammam of Saudi Arabia," he said.
Regent's CEO M Fazle Akber said the airline plans to procure two more Boeing 737-800 and a Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
"With the three new aircraft, we will start operating flights to Guangzhou in China, Jakarta in Indonesia, Colombo of Sri Lanka, Male of Maldives and Jeddah of Saudi Arabia," he said.
Regent Airways started its journey with two Dash aircraft on November 10 in 2010, the airline said.
