Royal Bengal Airline plans routes to Dhaka
A new airline is looking to begin flights between the UK and Bangladesh.

Royal Bengal Airline, the first airline to be operated by British-born Bangladeshis, held a seminar in Oldham earlier this month to introduce plans that will see new air links to Dhaka from London Stansted, Birmingham and Manchester.

Start dates are yet to be confirmed, but a provisional timetable indicates that the Birmingham and Stansted flights will depart the UK at between 8.30am and 9am.

A spokesman explained the motivation behind the airline: "The founding members as well as frequent travellers to Bangladesh are not only frustrated by the primitive services offered by existing airlines but were also inspired by the belief that a new British Bangladeshi-owned airline could revolutionise the air travel experience in south-east Asia."

Cheapflights.co.uk, UK