UAE-based RAK Airways plans to resume flights from Bangladesh today. The flights were suspended from December 2008 because of the global recession and a shortage of aircraft.
“We have come with better preparations to satisfy our travellers,” said Maqsoodul Haque, general manager of Mohammed Aviation Agencies, a general sales agent for RAK Airways in Bangladesh.
“RAK resumed its operations from Ras Al Khaimah in October, initially to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Calicut in India. Now, it added Dhaka, Chittagong and Cairo to its route network,” he said.
“RAK Airways will carry labourers and pilgrims from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia, and passengers to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah,” added Haque.
The airline that started Bangladesh operations in 2007 has added two Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet, said Haque.
The aircraft can carry 174 passengers and around 3 tonnes of cargo. It plans further expansions in the first quarter of 2011, he said.
Its flights from Dhaka to Ras Al Khaimah will depart every Monday, Thursday and Saturday; flights from Chittagong will operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
It has full-fledged in-flight services and permits 30 kilos of baggage, added Haque.
