US-Bangla Airlines is going to start flights to Jeddah, the gateway to Mecca, the holy city of the Muslim Ummah, from August 1. A direct flight from Dhaka to Jeddah will be operated every day of the week with 436-seat Airbus 330-300. For that, ticket sales for Dhaka-Jeddah route have started from Monday through all outlets of US-Bangla Airlines.
According to a US-Bangla press release, flights from Dhaka will depart for Jeddah at 5:15 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and land in Jeddah at 9:10 pm local time. Again, the flight will leave Jeddah at 11:10 PM and land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:55 AM.
Apart from this, it will take off from Dhaka at 6:05 PM on Tuesday and 6:10 PM on Sunday and land in Jeddah at 10:00 PM and 10:50 PM local time respectively. It will again take off from Jeddah at 11:59 PM on Tuesday and Sunday and land in Dhaka on Wednesday and Monday at 9:45 AM.
On Thursday, the flight will leave Dhaka at 2:45 pm and reach Jeddah at 6:40 pm local time and leave Jeddah at 8:40 pm and reach Dhaka at 6:25 am.
The minimum fare from Dhaka to Jeddah is Tk 58 thousand 605 one way and Tk 96 thousand 37 for round trip including tax and surcharge. Besides, the minimum one-way fare from Jeddah to Dhaka is 893 Saudi Riyals and the return fare is 1,611 Saudi Riyals. For all flight related information contact 01777777800-6 or 13605.