United Airways ready to fly Manchester

United Airways (BD) Ltd, a private sector airline in the country, is going to operate flights to Manchester and Birmingham in the UK. The airline is also procuring two B 767-300 /200 ER aircraft, which are likely to be commissioned on Sylhet-London routes from summer 2010. It has been operating two passenger flights a week on Dhaka-London (Gatwick) route since November 21 last year. It is also planning to introduce additional passenger flights to London (Gatwick) from Dhaka and Sylhet. United Airways came up with the plan to increase its flight frequencies to London from two to five per week following a two- day successful meeting on Air Service Agreement between Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) and British Civil Aviation Department (BCAD), said a press release yesterday. The airline is currently operating flights from Dhaka to London, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Chittagong, Jessore, Sylhet and Cox's Bazar and also from Chittagong to Kolkata.