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Malaysia Airlines (MA) yesterday formally launched five new flights between Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur to meet the growing demands from passengers.
"Now many people go from Bangladesh to Malaysia for various purposes including doing job, visiting and attending seminars and training courses that prompted us to increase the number of flights from seven to 12," an official of the airline said at a media briefing in Dhaka.
He said in 2006 around 29,000 Bangladeshis went to Malaysia and the number is increasing day by day.
An official of MA said the airline's all Airbus 330 flights from Dhaka can carry 250 passengers in each flight. "We can sell almost all the tickets of the flights," he added.
The country's aviation sector is showing considerable growth in recent times, sources in the sector said. The growth rate now stands at around 10 percent while the rate is around 6-7 percent in neighboring countries.
There is a huge demand for passenger aircraft on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route as around 1200 workers go to Malaysia from Bangladesh everyday.
In recent times Bangladesh witnessed an acute passenger flight crisis that prompted the government to announce an open sky policy for three months beginning from October 1.
But, still there is a dearth of passenger aircraft despite announcing the policy.
According to Association of Travel Agencies of Bangladesh (ATAB), around 3500 people from Bangladesh want to visit different destinations around the world daily, but the flights operating from the country can carry only around 2,500.
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