A private airline operator, Regent Airways, will incorporate five aircraft in its its fleet and introduce flights to 13 more international routes in upcoming two years.
“We have plan to invest Tk800 crore in extending our services,” said Mashruf Habib, managing director of the airways, while addressing a press conference on the occasion of 4th founding anniversary of the company at a city hotel yesterday.
Sam Issac, chief adviser, Erfhan Haque, head of sales and Shuvra Kanti Sen Sarma, deputy general manager (Sales and Marketing) were, among others, present at the programme.
Three Boeing 737-800, each having 166 seats, and two Boeing 767-200, each having 265 seats, would be incorporated in the fleet of the airways, which would increase its seat capacity by 93% while the number of flights of the operator would reach 700 in a month.
The company will introduce flights to new routes, including Nepal, Doha, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, the officials said, adding that it was highly likely about introduction of flight on Dhaka-Nepal-Dhaka route by next month.
The company, which initiated its journey on November 10, 2010, has offered a special discount on ticket price to passengers of six international routes, marking Regent’s 4th founding anniversary.
Tickets for Dhaka-Singapore-Dhaka route will be priced at Tk23,444, Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka at Tk16,444, Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka at Tk18,444, Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka at 7,444, Chittagong-Bangkok-Chittagong at Tk17,444 and Chittagong-Kolkata-Chittagong at Tk9,444 under the offer.
Passengers will have to collect tickets by December 10 and use them by October 25, 2015 to avail themselves of the offer.