Flights to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh AHN India's premier international airline, Jet Airways is going to introduce new direct flights on the Mumbai,Dhaka,Mumbai routes from December 23 this year, the company has said.

The flight will be Jet Airways' third flight to Bangladesh from India, and will connect Dhaka with several destinations across North America, Europe and the ASEAN region, as well as eight destinations across the Gulf, over the airline's New Delhi and Mumbai hubs.The airline currently flies daily from Delhi and Kolkata to Dhaka.

The new Mumbai,Dhaka flight will initially operate 6 days a week, with the exception of Tuesdays. Effective March 29, 2010, it will be a daily flight, a company announcement said. Flight 9W 276 will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 0830 hrs, arriving in Dhaka's Zia International Airport at 1300 hrs. Flight 9W 275 will then depart Dhaka at 1430 hrs, arriving in Mumbai at 1610 hrs.

The launch of our new Mumbai-Dhaka service will thus connect Dhaka to the world, via Mumbai, while further enhancing air connectivity on the busy India-Bangladesh sector, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Jet Airways Nikos Kardassis said in the announcement.The Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 88 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 52 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.