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Founded | 28 June 2005[2] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2007 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 2016 | ||||||
Hubs | Shahjalal International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Shah Amanat International Airport Osmani International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
Destinations | 12 | ||||||
Parent company | TAC Aviations | ||||||
Headquarters | 1, Jasimuddin Avenue, Uttara Tower, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh | ||||||
Employees | 1,000 (2014)[3] | ||||||
Website | uabdl |
United Airways (BD) Ltd. (DSE: UNITEDAIR, CSE: UNITEDAIR ), operated as United Airways (Bengali: ইউনাইটেড এয়ারওয়েজ), was[4] a Bangladeshi airline headquartered in Uttara, Dhaka.[5] It operated 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.[6] United Airways was the first listed company in the aviation sector of Bangladesh;[7][8] it became listed in July 2010.[2]
The airline was often criticised for their poor service due to frequent delays, flight suspensions and poor in-flight amenities.[9][10] In September 2014, the airline temporarily suspended its operations for three days following a conflict among its board of directors and a financial crisis.[3][11][12][13] The airline ceased all operations on 6 March 2016, after a previous gap in service from mid-January to 24 February of that year.[14]