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Best Air to add two more aircraft to its fleet

UNB, Dhaka
Best Air, the country's third private airliner, is going to add two aircraft to its fleet to operate its flights on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka-Dubai and Dhaka-Kolkata routes.
“We're bringing one MD-83 and another ERJ-145 to add to our fleet,” Best Air Chairman M Haider Uzzaman told the news agency yesterday.
The 162-seat MD-83 will fly to Kuala Lumpur and Dubai routes, while the 50-seat ERJ-145 will fly on Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Kolkata and Dhaka-Bangkok routes. Both the aircraft will be brought under dry lease system.
Best Air has already got permission from the Civil Aviation Authority to operate four flights a week on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route. “We're hopeful of starting the flight from the third week of July," said the Best Air chairman.
He went on: "Negotiations are on with Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority in this connection and we are at the final stage."
The airliner also has permission to operate flights on Dhaka-Dubai and Dhaka-
Kuwait routes.
Besides, Best Air is continuing its negotiations with Airbus and Boeing to procure six aircraft to stay competitive, as their rivals are moving ahead with their own plans.
Best Aviation started its journey in 1999 as a helicopter operator and then started its operations as a Freighter Airline in 2000. It obtained license in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority 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.
With the single Boeing 737-200 the airliner started its operation on the country's busiest Dhaka-Chittagong route on
January 14 this year. It operates its flight to Bangkok four days a week with the same aircraft.
Meanwhile, GMG Airlines, the first private airliner in Bangladesh, decided to buy six new-generation aircraft from the US aircraft producer Boeing at $900 million (Tk 6,200 crore) in a bid to expand its routes and grab the share of the growing market.
The aviation industry in Bangladesh has marked a boom with the launch of three private airlines in the last eight months, and another is set to start commercial flights next month.
The industry is growing 7.5 to 8 percent a year, while the market size of passengers is worth around Tk 3,500 crore, according to private operators.