GMG Airlines to connect Dhaka to Mumbai, Chennai & Guwahati this year

Mumbai: Bangladesh-based GMG Airlines is working on an aggressive expansion plan in India. It is looking to introduce services from Dhaka to Mumbai, Chennai and Guwahati this year, and if everything goes as per plan, the airline may also fly to Jaipur, in a bid to tap the growing inflow of Bangladesh-based religious tourists to Ajmer in Rajasthan.
"We aim to start flying to Guwahati from May 2008, and services to Mumbai and Chennai will be operational by July and December 2008 respectively," said Shahab Sattar, Managing Director, GMG Airlines. "The airline is also going to operate daily flights on the Delhi-Dhaka route, starting April 2008," he added.
At present, the airline operates four times a week on the Delhi-Dhaka route, three flights a week on the Chittagong-Kolkata route and twice daily services on the Kolkata-Doha route. It operates the 150-seater MD80 aircraft on the Delhi-Dhaka route, and plans to operate the same aircraft on the Mumbai and Chennai routes. For the Guwahati-Dhaka route, the airline will opt for turboprop aircraft.
15/02/08 Anita Jain/TravelBizMonitor

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