Best Air

Infobox Airline
airline = Best Air

logo_size = 250
fleet_size = 2
destinations = 4
IATA = 5Q
ICAO = BEA
callsign = BEST AIR
parent = Best Aviation, Aqeeq Aviation Holding (Kuwait)
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founded = 2007
headquarters = Dhaka, Bangladesh
key_people = M. Haideruzzaman (Chairman)
hubs = Zia International Airport
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website = [http://www.bestairbd.com www.bestairbd.com]

Best Air, a subsidiary of Best Aviation is a domestic private airline of Bangladesh. The company formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Best Aviation and a Kuwait-based company, Aqeeq Aviation Holding which controls a 70% share of the airline. It started operations in January 2008 from Dhaka's Zia International Airport and currently flies to one domestic destination.

History

Best Air's parent company Best Aviation, started operations in 1999 as a Helicopter operator. Best Aviation started its journey as a freighter airline in 2000. Best Aviation has been operating different types of freighter in the Domestic & International Sectors.

Best Air obtained a license in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to operate passenger service in domestic and international sectors. Best Air started with a B-737 aircraft to operate from Dhaka to one regional domestic destination, Chittagong. The company claims that in its second phase, it plans to operate to destinations such as Kolkata, Jaipur, Bangkok, Kunming, Middle-East, and Europe by using wide bodied aircraft.Recently the company acquired MD-82 in lease to operate in new destinations such as Dubai, Kualalumpur, Hongkong etc.

Destinations

Best Air flies to the following destinations:

Domestic:

*Bangladesh
**Dhaka (Zia International Airport) Hub
**Chittagong (Shah Amanat International Airport)(Suspended)

International:

*Maldives
**Male (Male International Airport)
*Sri Lanka
**Colombo (Bandaranaike Airport)
*Thailand
**Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)
*United Arab Emirates
**Dubai (Dubai International Airport)

Fleet

The Best Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 30 August 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BEA&al_op=1] :

*1 Boeing 737-200
*1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

References

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=46253

http://www.bestairbd.com/news.html

External links

* [http://www.bestairbd.com/ Best Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BEA&al_op=1 Best Air Fleet]