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United Airways (BD) Ltd. (DSE : (UNITEDAIR ) CSE : (UNITEDAIR )), operating as United Airways ((ベンガル語:ইউনাইটেড এয়ারওয়েজ)), is a Bangladeshi airline headquartered in Uttara, Dhaka.〔"(Our offices ) United Airways. Retrieved on 2 March 2010.〕 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.〔(Takeoff for Bangladesh’s second private passenger airline ). ''Khaleej Times''. 10 July 2007.〕 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. ==History== United Airways (Bangladesh) Limited, was founded by Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, a British-Bangladeshi expatriate, 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.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Airways Introduction and History )〕 The airline started operating scheduled domestic flights on 10 July 2007, its maiden flights being Dhaka—Sylhet 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. In 2009, the airline received a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft, and launched flights to London, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu. In 2010, it commenced flights to Jeddah, and launched the lucrative Sylhet-London flight with an Airbus A310-300, while an ATR 72-200〔 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 were delivered. In 2011, it added a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, another Airbus A310-300 and an ATR 72-200. Flights to Bangkok started and the carrier launched the route Dhaka-Rajshahi-Saidpur. In 2012, it began flights to Muscat from Dhaka and Chittagong, restarted the Chittagong-Kolkata flight, and it also resumed flights to Bangkok. In 2013, it added two McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and an ATR 72-200. It launched flights to Singapore and domestic flights to Ishwardi. In 2014, the carrier launched flights to Doha in May. The airline was scheduled to commence flights to Karachi 〔 The airline also plans to launch flights to Medina, Yangon, Dammam, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Jakarta in the near future.〔 It also to purchase 18-seater British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft for domestic services to smaller airports. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Airways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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