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