Bahrain Air, one of the two national airlines of Bahrain, is set to operate weekly seven flights to Bangladesh from October this year."All preparations are afoot to start flights from October as declared earlier," said Abdul Kadir, chairman of Flight Link Ltd, the airline's General Sales Agents (GSA) for Bangladesh. There will be two flights from Dhaka and five from Chittagong to Bahrain every week, he added. "The frequency of the flight may rise in the context of the demand of the passengers," Kadir said.
Bahrain Air, the privately owned Premium Low Cost Carrier, is offering passengers the same price to travel to other destinations in the region besides Bahrain from Bangladesh. The one-way fare will be around Tk 20,000, Abdul Kadir said adding that any passenger can undertake onward journey to Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh or Bahrain at the same price. The Bangladeshis working in Bahrain are expected to avail this facility mostly. There are nearly 100,000 Bangladeshis now in Bahrain of whom the majority are from greater Chittagong. "Bangladeshis working in the entire Gulf and the Middle East region is our target," Flight Link Chairman said.
Bahrain Air is a joint venture of Bahrain and Saudi stakeholders. The airlines will operate A320 aircraft, all economy class, with a configuration of 180 seats.
When many local private airlines are struggling to remain in the market because of high fuel cost, Kadir said the A320 aircraft are highly economical as far as fuel consumption is concerned. He said the operating costs of wide bodied aircraft being used by Biman and other airlines are really high.
Regarding the recent problem with Bangladeshis living in Bahrain he said "the problem is over and for the last two weeks the Bahrain authorities resumed issuance of visa for Bangladeshis."
Source: The Financial Express Dated: 2008-08-05
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