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US-Bangla Airlines operated the first cargo flight on the Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route. US cargo flight BS-213. USA And Bangladesh transporting exportable goods from Dhaka took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 9.40 a.m. and landed at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 1 p.m. local time. Cargo flight BS-214 from Bangkok took off at 4.30 pm local time and landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5.50 pm local time.
Kamrul Islam, US General Manager of Bengal USA (Public Relations) said that the US-Bengali cargo flight has been a memorable event in the history of aviation in the country since its inception. Currently, due to the outbreak of the epidemic coronavirus, Bangladesh’s air transport communication system with the rest of the world is severely disrupted. The only passenger flight between the United States and Bangladesh operates on the Dhaka-Guangzhou route every Saturday of the week. Following the Corona disaster, US-Bangla Airlines requested government permission to operate cargo flights to keep the country’s imports and exports afloat, and after reviewing the general situation, allowed US-Bangla to operate cargo flights in the first week of April.
The US-Bangla Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft is known to be able to import the daily needs of different countries, especially medical supplies for doctors to keep health services up and running during the coronavirus epidemic. In addition, US-Bangla Airlines will play a role in the export of essential export items, especially clothing, perishable vegetables, etc.
USA US-Bangladesh will be able to play a direct role in keeping the economy wheel moving through the country’s imports and exports. Each Boeing 737-800 aircraft can carry around 15 tons of cargo. US-Bangla Airlines may transport cargo to countries with which Bangladesh has bilateral cargo transportation agreements.
Initially, US-Bangla Airlines plans to transport cargo to Asian countries, especially Singapore, Malaysia, China, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
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