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United Airways

United Airways (Bangladesh)
ইউনাইটেড এয়ারওয়েজ
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IATA ICAO Callsign
4H UBD UNITED BANGLADESH
Founded 28 June 2005
Commenced operations 10 July 2007 (operations temporarily suspended)
Hubs Shahjalal International Airport
Secondary hubs Shah Amanat International AirportMAG Osmani International Airport
Fleet size 11
Destinations 12
Company slogan Fly Your Own Airline
Parent company TAC Aviations
Headquarters 1, Jasimuddin Avenue, Uttara Tower, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh
Employees 1,000 (2014)
Website uabdl.com

United Airways (BD) Ltd. (: UNITEDAIR, : UNITEDAIR), operating as United Airways (Bengali: ইউনাইটেড এয়ারওয়েজ), is a Bangladeshi airline headquartered in Uttara, Dhaka. It operates flights from its main hub at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and secondary hub at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong. It was founded in 2005 and began flights on 10 July 2007 with a Bombardier Dash 8-100, purchased from Island Air. United Airways is the first listed company in the aviation sector of Bangladesh; it became listed in July 2010.

The airline is often criticized for their poor service due to frequent delays, flight suspensions and poor in-flight amenities. In September 2014, the airline temporarily suspended its operations for three days following a conflict among its board of directors and a financial crisis. The airline again suspended all operations on 6 March 2016, after a previous gap in service from mid-January to 24 February of that year.

United Airways (Bangladesh) Limited, was founded by Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, a British-Bangladeshi businessmen from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh, along with few businessman and entrepreneurs in 2005. It obtained the Air Transport Operating License (ATOL) from Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh on 28 June 2005. The airline started operating scheduled domestic flights on 10 July 2007, its maiden flights being DhakaSylhet and Dhaka—Chittagong, with a Bombardier Dash 8-100, purchased from Island Air. After few months, domestic flights to Cox's Bazar,Jessore, and Barisal started, along with international service to Kolkata from Dhaka and Chittagong. Another Dash 8-100 was delivered in 2008.


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