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| Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Zia International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Golden Deer Club | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Parent company | GMG Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||||||
| Key people | Mr.Abdus salam azadi [founder] | ||||||
| Website | http://www.gmgairlines.com/ | ||||||
GMG Airlines is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the GMG Group of Companies, it is Bangladesh's largest and leading private airline[citation needed] operating domestic, regional, and international services. Its main bases are Zia International Airport, Dhaka, and Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong.[1]
History
The airline was established in 1997 and started operations on 6 April 1998. It is wholly owned by the industrial conglomerate GMG Group. It began with domestic operations and launched international services on 8 September 2004, with a service from Chittagong to Kolkata. It was thereby the first private Bangladeshi airline to launch international services. GMG began regular flights to Bangkok, Delhi, and Kathmandu on October 20, 2006. It started services to Kuala Lumpur on 24 January 2007. The airline started its operation to the Middle East with daily flights to Dubai on 1 February 2008.
Destinations
GMG Airlines currently operates services to the following destinations (as of December 2008):[2]
Livery
The main body of the planes are white. The belly, and a small bit of the side are blue with yellow stripes. The tail is dark blue with the emblem of the Golden Deer.
Fleet
The GMG Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 02 March 2009) :
References
- ^ Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ "GMG Airlines Schedule". GMG Airlines. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
External links
| Type | Total | Routes | Notes |
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| Bombardier Dash 8 100 | 2 | Domestic [Chittagong, Sylhet] | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 | 2 | International + Domestic [Kolkata, Kathmandu] | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | International [Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok] | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | International [Dubai] | |
| Airbus A320 (operated by Balkan Airways) | 1 | International [Doha] |
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| Charter | |
| Cargo | |
| Defunct | |