Aviation Club of Bangladesh River Cruise-2009

Aviation Club of Bangladesh is going to organise a Day long River Cruise on 06 Feb-2009. They will start from Shadarghat BIWTC Terminal at 8:00 A.M and will return to same point by evening. There will be a lot of cultural programmes, RAFLE'S DRAW and other entertainment events on board. This year ACB is collecting General Membership. Interested persons can collect membeship form and apply for membership on board.Here is the highlighting gift list of Aviation Club of Bangladesh River Cruise-2009.

EMIRATES - DHAKA/LONDON/DHAKA - 1 Y CLASS TKT
DHAKA/DUBAI/DHAKA - 1Y CLASS TKT

GULF AIR - DHAKA/LONDON/DHAKA - 1Y CLASS TKT

ETIHAD AIRWAYS - DHAKA/ABU-DHABI/DHAKA - 1 Y CLASS TKT

GMG AIRLINES - DHAKA/SINGAPORE/DHAKA - 2 Y CLASS TKTS
DHAKA/KATHMANDU/DHAKA -2 Y CLASS TKTS

JET AIRWAYS - DHAKA/DELHI/DHAKA- 2 Y CLASS TKTS
DHAKA/KOLKATA/DHAKA -2 Y CLASS TKTS

CATHAY PACIFIC-
DRAGON AIR - DHAKA/HONGKONG-DHAKA-1 Y CLASS TKT

BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES - DHAKA/BANGKOK/DHAKA 1 Y CLASS TKT

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES - GIFT HAMPER

ATLAS TRAVELS LTD. - GIFT HAMPER

VICTORY TRAVELS - DHAKA/BANGKOK/DHAKA 1 Y CLASS TKT

AIR TRIP INTERNATIONAL - GIFT HAMPER

EAST WEST TRAVELS & TOURS (PVT) LTD. - GIFT HAMPER

ISLAMIA OVERSEAS - GIFT HAMPER

VERSATILE TRAVELS & TOURS LTD - GIFT HAMPER

GALILEO - GIFT HAMPER

ABACUS - GIFT HAMPER

AMADEUS - GIFT HAMPER

PANPACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL -GIFT HAMPER

WASHINGTON HOTEL - GIFT HAMPER

* MANY OTHER PRIZES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR RAFLE'S DRAW

To know more about Aviation Club of Bangladesh visit http://www.acb.link2bd.com/ or http://www.acb-bd.tk/ or call on 01552413836.

Reported by - Mahmudul Hassan Sohel, Executive Member, Aviation Club of Bangladesh

Thai Resumes Daily Flights From 3rd-February-09

Thai Airways International (THAI) one of the longest serving airlines in Bangladesh has decided to withdraw flight cut on Bangkok-Dhaka-Bangkok route. Effective first week of this month (February) Thai will operate its usual daily flight on the route. It may be recalled that during political turmoil in November 2008 and capture of Airports by political demonstrators. Thai had to suspend its operation to Dhaka on November 26. It also suspended its operation to and from Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong. The airline resumed its flights to Dhaka from December 4, but with only five flights a week. This flight cut is going to be fully restored this week. However, the suspended operation to SAIA is not likely to be resumed. The decision to open the route was political and it was never profitable. Sourece: The Independent 03-Feb-09

GMG Airlines resumes Flights to Delhi, Dubai

GMG Airlines, the leading private sector airline of the country, recommenced thrice weekly flights to New Delhi and Dubai on January 21. Erfan Haque, General Mana-ger Sales, earlier made the announcement of resumption at a reception to honour travel agents at The Westin Dhaka on January 19. Ajith Weera-sekera, Head of Global Sales also spoke at the reception, which was attended by members of travel trade. The airline will be reintroducing thrice a week flights to Bangkok and Singapore on February 10. From March 1, the airline will be flying to Doha thrice weekly and adding three more flights to Dubai, taking the number to six flights a week, he added.GMG Airlines hopes to link Dhaka with Karachi, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia within the Summer Schedule, Shahab Sattar said, adding services to existing destinations will be further improved.GMG Airlines recently added a MD-83 aircraft to its fleet. With this, the airlines present fleet consists of three Dash-8s, two MD-82s and one MD-83. An Airbus A320 is expected to join the fleet in the middle of February. The Top Ten Agents who were honoured on the occasion are: Islamia Overseas Ltd, Air Trip International Ltd, East West Travels and Tours (Pvt) Ltd, Al-Gazi Travels Ltd, Hajee Air Travels, City-com Inter-national Travel Agency, Kazi Air Inter-national (Pvt) Ltd, DBH Inter-national (Pvt) Ltd, Oasis Air Services, and Beacon Travel International Ltd. Source: The Independent 03rd-Feb-2009

Kingfisher Airlines all set to start operating to Dhaka

Kingfisher Airlines, the sixth five-star airline of the world and the only five-star domestic airline of India, is all set to start operating to Dhaka in a month or two. Gireesh Bhaskar, Area Manager designate Bangladesh, Kingfisher Airlines, said this while talking to The Bangladesh Monitor at his office in the city recently. Initially well start with daily Kolkata-Dhaka flights. Well look at double daily flights at the earliest, he said adding, flights from Kolkata to Chittagong and Dhaka to other destinations in India would follow. The 40-minute evening flights will be operated with 66-seat six-blade ATR72-500, the longer ATR with more powerful engines and TV on board and configured in Kingfisher Plus (premium economy) class. It is the ideal aircraft to connect the two cities, he said. Kingfisher has 28 such brand new aircraft. Well be the last one to leave Kolkata and Dhaka, allowing the passengers to do a full days work at either city. Like all foreigners coming to Bangladesh, Bhaskars perceptions of Bangladesh changed after he arrived. Bangladesh is not what I thought. He promised to promote tourism between Bangladesh and India sharing my experience. Appreciating the warmth and hospitality of the people of this country, he said he finds no reason why Bangladesh should not get at much tourists as Nepal, where he served earlier. Asked why its products and services are different from other airlines, he said We treat our passengers as guests and we treat them just as we would treat our guests at our homes. We strongly believe that we are in the hospitality industry, not the transportation industry, Bhaskar said. The Bangalore based airline started operations in 2005 and went international with Bangalore-London flights last year. With 420 departures a day, 70-aircraft Kingfisher is considered one of the top 20 airlines in the world. Bhaskar, who hails from Kerala and has 16 years experience in the industry, is married and father of an eight-year-old daughter.
Source: The Independent on 3rd-Feb-2009