DHAKA, Jan 9, 2023 (BSS) - US-Bangla airlines, one of the country's private 
carrier, has decided to add new generation wide-body aircraft Airbus 330 to 
operate flights to different destinations in the Saudi Arabia that hosts 
largest expatriate Bangladeshi community. 
 
Initially, the airlines will procure two A-330 aircraft with seating capacity 
of 436 each in May next, a press release, issued by the airlines, said here 
today. 
 
From June, with these wide-body aircraft, the airlines planed to operate 
flights to Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam routes from and to Dhaka for fulfilling 
demands of increasing numbers of Umrah pilgrims along with Bangladeshi 
expatriates to different destinations in the Saudi Arabia. 

Flights to different destination of Saudi Arabia will reduce the transit cost 
of Bangladeshi passengers, said the airlines. 

Currently, US-Bangla operates international flights to Kolkata, Male, Dubai, 
Sharjah, Muscat, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Chennai and Guangzhou while 
it runs flights to all seven domestic destinations from the capital Dhaka.

The US-Bangla fleet currently has a total of 17 aircraft including seven 
Boeing 737-800, seven ATR 72-600 aircraft and three Dash 8-Q400.

Moreover, US-Bangla plans to add one ATR 72-600 and a Boeing 737-800 aircraft 
to its fleet this month, the release added.