United Airways, the country’s leading largest private airline in Bangladesh announced the cheapest fare to fly from Dhaka to Bangkok effective from 25th of August 2013. According to a news release from United Airways website, Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka special return fare is Tk. 17989 (inclusive of all taxes and surcharges). The airways will operate three flights every week from Dhaka to Bangkok on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday with departing time from Dhaka at 1040 hrs and departs from Bangkok at 1630 hrs.
Being the first ever public limited company in aviation sector of Bangladesh, United Airways is now operating flights in 7 International routes including from Dhaka to Jeddah, Dubai, Muscat, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Kathmandu and Kolkata and also from Chittagong to Muscat and Kolkata.
The airline is operating domestic flights from Dhaka to Chittagong, Sylhet, Jessore, Cox’s Bazar, Saidpur, Rajshahi and Barisal. United Airways is much hopeful of spreading its wings in Dhaka-Singapore and Dhaka-Doha route from September 2013. It has also planned to operate flights on Karachi and Yangon routes. Another domestic route Dhaka-Ishwardi flight will be started very soon.
Recently United Airways received Best Domestic Airline of the Year- 2012 Award by The Bangladesh Monitor. Now United Airways (BD) Ltd. has total 9 aircraft which are one Dash-8-100, two ATR-72, four MD-83 and two Airbus-310 aircrafts. Hopefully one MD-83, one ATR-72 and two Jetstream will enrich the fleet very soon, according to the news release.