United Airways to Start Flights Between Dhaka and Karachi

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United Airways to Start Flights Between Dhaka and Karachi

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Bangladesh's privately-owned airline United Airways (uabdl.com) is starting twice-a-week flights between Dhaka and Karachi from September 27.

Source: thefinancialexpress-bd.com

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Looking at their fleet.
2x A310's were first flown in 1993 and MD83s are from late 80's to 1990.
Does anyone know about their maintenance records?
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Looking at the timings and their website schedule, it seems like they will be operating Dhaka-Karachi-Jeddah and Jeddah-Karachi-Dhaka.

Does United Airways have 5th freedom rights on this route?
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dabi wrote:United Airways have 5th freedom rights on this route?
I think they are not allowed.

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United Airways had plan to start flights between Dhaka and Karachi in September 2013 also, according to information on airline's official website on following link:

http://www.uabdl.com/news_events.html

Let's see whether they manage to launch flights on this route this year or not.

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United airways is not the designated airlines to operate scheduled flights between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Unless the CAA accepts their designation there is no way that they can operate any flights between DAC and KHI.
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Just noticed United Airways Jeddah to Dhaka via Karachi flight 4H-562 cancelled today information on Karachi Airport website (karachiairport.com.pk).

United Airways Jeddah to Karachi flight 4H-562.
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United Airways Karachi to Dhaka flight 4H-562.
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United Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-83 registration S2-AEJ photographed at Karachi Airport by forum member Zulfiqar on August 27, 2014.
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United Airways (4H, Dhaka) has indefinitely suspended operations starting September 24 after the resignation of its founder, managing director and chairman Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury. According to a statement made by flight operations director M Elias to the Daily Star, flights had to be suspended as the new board of directors did not yet meet to resolve the carrier's cash crisis.

According to Elias, the company no longer has fuel or "other logistics necessary" to continue operations and the new management and board would not have taken any "visible step in the last three days to assure investors as well as the anxious employees that things are under control". Approximately 200 out of 1100 employees have reportedly asked to be released from the company following Choudhury's forced resignation.

United has been plagued by financial problems for several years and has recently come under increasing pressure from several start-ups entering the Bangladeshi market including Novo Air (VQ, Dhaka), Regent Airways (RX, Chittagong) and US-Bangla Airlines (BS, Dhaka).

It currently operates a fleet of two A310-300s, five MD-83s, three ATR72-200s and one Dash 8-100 (although several aircraft have been inactive recently) offering domestic services from Dhaka to Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Ishhurdi, Jessore, Rajshahi, Saidpur and Sylhet as well as international flights linking Chittagong and Dhaka with Doha Hamad Int'l, Jeddah, Karachi Int'l, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur Int'l, Muscat and Singapore Changi.
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Seems United Airways have not restarted/started flights for Karachi Airport so far, the airport's website was not displaying information about their Jeddah-Karachi-Dhaka flight today.

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TAC Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 registration S2-AEJ operated by United Airways recently seen in Karachi.

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On short finals to Karachi Airport on November 1, 2014, at 10:30 PM - Photo by Abdus Sattar Sohail.

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TAC Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 registration S2-AEJ operated by United Airways on short finals to Karachi Airport - Photo by Abdus Sattar Sohail.

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