Tuesday 21 October, 2008

" Best Air to Launches Flights to Kualalumpur "

M. Haider Uzzaman, Chairman of Best Air formally launching the flights to Kualalumpur at Zia International Airport in Dhaka. His Excellency Mr. Chatermpol Thanchitt Ambassador of Thailand, His Excellency Mr. Phae Thann Oo Ambassador of Myanmar, His Excellency Mr. Dato' Abdul Malek Bin Abdul Aziz, High Commissioner of Malaysia & His Excellency Mr. Nguyen Van That Ambassador of Vietnam  were present at the inaugural function at ZIA.

Monday 20 October, 2008

" Best Air to Launches Flights to Singapore"

M. Haider Uzzaman, Chairman of Best Air formally launching the flights to Singapore at Zia International Airport in Dhaka. His Excellency Mr. Chatermpol Thanchitt Ambassador of Thailand & His Excellency Mr. Phae Thann Oo Ambassador of Myanmar  were present at the inaugural function at ZIA.

Monday 13 October, 2008

" Best Air to Launch Flights to Singapore, Malaysia on October 21 & 22 "

M. Haider Uzzaman, chairman of Best Air address a press conference in Shonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Monday announcing the introduction of the flights to Singapore and Malaysia.

Monday 08 September, 2008

" Best Air Launches Flight to Dubai "

Sayed Fahim Monaim, press secretary to chief adviser of caretaker government, inaugurates the Best Air Dubai flight at Zia International Airport in Dhaka.

Sunday 24 August, 2008

Best Air officials along with crew members at Zia International Airport pose for a photograph standing by the side of the new aircraft (MD83) after its arrival.

"BEST AIR ADDS NEW AIRCRAFT"

Date: August 24 2008

Best Air expands its fleet and network with new MD 83 aircraft to its fleet and network

By Best Air Public Relation Division

Dhaka: Private airline Best Air, on Sunday August 24 2008, announced that it had added one new MD83 aircraft to consolidate its international network.

Speaking to newsmen while receiving the airplane at ZIA, Chairman and CEO Mr. M Haideruzzaman said the MD83 aircraft have been leased from Trans Global Airways. This new addition has increased the fleet strength of Best Air to Two. "We are trying to face challenges of the rising fuel cost," he said, recalling many airlines have succumbed to the challenge. "We definitely want to survive." He said domestic and international air traffic has dropped by 40 percent as compared to last year because of higher fares. "Best Air has taken a number of initiatives to control cost. All our aircraft are configured economy class. "

Mr. Haider said the new MD83 aircraft will primarily be used on upcoming routes between DAC-SIN, DAC-KUL, DAC-DXB and DAC-MLE. He has plans how his airline will compete with the other airlines that operate on the same routes and he said Bangladeshi passengers mostly preferred their own airlines and it is Best Air.

Mr. Haider added: "Dealing with this type of aircraft results in simplified and efficient operations. Such operations mean the quickest and most cost-effective service possible, and savings passed on to our customers in the form of competitive fares."

The carrier plans to expand its fleet further in this year.

Monday 28, 2008

M. Haider Uzzaman, Chairman of Best Air formally launching the flights to Colombo and Male at Zia International Airport in Dhaka. Ambassador of Thailand Chatermpol Thanchitt, V. Krishnamoorthy, J Ariyarathe, Charge De Affairs, Sri Lankan Embassy Dhaka, Ambassador of Bhutan Tshering Dorji, Ambassador of Vietnam Nguyen Van That, Ambassador of the Philippines Mrs Zenaida Tacorda Rabago, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Farazandeh and Ambassador of Maldives Dr Samad were present at the inaugural function at ZIA.

"BEST AIR STARTS FLIGHTS TO COLOMBO AND MALE"

Best Air started its direct flight on two new international destinations – Colombo, Sri Lanka and Male, Maldives. This is the first time in Bangladesh that any airline has started direct flights to these destinations. Mr. M Haider Uzzaman, Chairman of Best Air, His Excellency Mr. Chatermpol Thanchitt Ambassador of Thailand, H.E. (Mr) V. Krishnamoorthy, Mr. J. Ariyarathe, Charge De Affairs, Sri Lankan Embassy Dhaka, H.E. (Mr) Dta Tshering Dorji, Ambassador of Bhutan, H.E. (Mr) Nguyen Van That, Ambassador of Vietnam, H. E. (Mrs) Zenaida Tacorda Rabago, Ambassador of the Philippines, H. E. (Mr) Hassan Farazandeh and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran and newly appointed Ambassador of Maldives H. E. (Mr) Dr. Samad were present at the inaugural function at ZIA. Group Capt. Alamgir, Director Admin and HR, Mr. Ali Reza Khan, Director Regularity Affairs, Mr. Sadiqque Ahsan, Consultant Finance, Mr. Farhad Hossain, Director Marketing and Sales and other Best Air high officials were also present at the inaugural function at ZIA.

Mr. M. Haider Uzzaman said “Several thousands of Sri Lankan citizens now working at the country’s export processing zones, RMG sectors, educational institutes, hospitals and other businesses in Bangladesh. Besides several hundreds of students of Sri Lanka are studying at several educational institutions including the University of Science and Technology of Chittagong. Since there was no direct flight between DAC and CMB, they had to come to Bangladesh via Singapore or Bangkok with a higher price. Best Air direct flight will be blessings for them. He also mentioned that over 50,000 Bangladeshi people are working in Male. The DAC-MLE flight will carry great significance for them too.”

Best Air will operate Colombo and Male on every Friday and Monday. Dhaka – Colombo – Dhaka will cost $800 (including all taxes and surcharges) and Dhaka – Male – Dhaka will cost $860 (including all taxes and surcharges).

Best Air which launched its operation on the domestic route on January 14 2008. Just after inauguration, with in 4 months this carrier started its First International flight in DAC-BKK-DAC route. Now it has added two more international destinations to its route - structure. Best Air already got the permissions to operate flights to Kolkata, Chennai, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Best Aviation started operations in 1999 as a Helicopter operator, pioneering this service in Bangladesh. Best Air started its journey as a Freighter Airline beginning 2000. Best Air has been operating different types of freighter in the Domestic & International Sectors.

Best Air obtained License in 2006 from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate Passenger Service in the International & Domestic Sectors. This Airline has a team of Professionals Multinational ensuring safe International Standard flights for the passengers. Best Air has also developed a strong base in the total Aviation Business and offers a varied range of Aviation Services including Aircraft Sourcing, Emergency Evacuation of Patients and VIP Aircraft Mobilization.

Thursday, 25 July 2008

Best Air flights to spread wings on Male, Colombo routes

The Best Air is going to link Dhaka with the capital cities of two more SAARC countries this month as the private airlines will launch flights on the Dhaka-Colombo and Dhaka-Male routes from 28^th July, 2008.Officials of the Best Air at a press conference on Thursday announced their flights operation schedules eyeing to help boost bilateral trades and tourism.‘It will be a potential step as Bangladesh's capital is going to be air-linked with capital cities of two more SAARC countries,’ said Mr. M. Haider Uzzarnan, Chairman of the Best Air, while addressing the press conference at Hotel Sarina in Dhaka on 24^th July, 2008. Now air-passengers from Dhaka to Colombo and Male need to avail transit in Singapore, Bangkok and Doha which is very expensive and time consuming.

Best Air officials said although air-traffics on the routes at pres­ent are not satisfactory, but there is a huge potential to explore in near future. Best Air Chairman observed that Bangladeshi universities and medical colleges could lure thou­sands of Sri Lankan students who spend huge to buy residential education in the countries across the world. ‘Maldives is the unploughed field for Bangladesh to cultivate trade and tourism potentials,' Mr. M. Haider Uzzaman informing that more than 40.000 Bangladeshis now are working in Maldives and thousands more jobs could be explored the island country shortly. He said around 7.5 lakh tourists visited Maldives in last year. If Bangladesh could attract minimum one per cent of them, the figure would stand at 7500 at least.

The Best Air will operate flights four days a week on the Dhaka-Colombo and Dhaka-Male routes.

The return fare including taxes is set at $800 for Dhaka to Colombo and $860 for Dhaka to Male.