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| Founded | 1997 | |||
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| Hubs | Shahjalal International Airport | |||
| Secondary hubs | Shah Amanat International Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Golden Deer Club | |||
| Fleet size | 7 | |||
| Destinations | 3 | |||
| Company slogan | Explore | |||
| Parent company | GMG Group & Beximco | |||
| Headquarters | AAA Tower, Plot # 1, 2 & 3, Road # 21, Nikunja-2, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh | |||
| Key people | Sanjib Kapoor Ashish Rai Choudhury Shayan F. Rahman Shahab Sattar Salman F. Rahman |
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| Website | www.gmgairlines.com | |||
GMG Airlines is a largest private airline of Bangladesh with its head office in the AAA Tower in Nikunjo-2 Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] It is Bangladesh's largest and oldest private airline, being established in 1997[2]. It operates both domestic and international flights, upholding the image of Bangladesh to the world. Its hubs are Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, and Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong.[3] On 17 June 2009, Beximco Group bought a stake in GMG Airlines and has injected cash in the airline[4].
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GMG Airline was established in 1997 and started operations on 6 April 1998. It is owned by the industrial conglomerate GMG Group and Beximco. It began with domestic operations and launched international services on 8 September 2004, with a service from Chittagong to Kolkata. It was the first private Bangladeshi airline to launch international services.
GMG began regular flights to Bangkok, Delhi, and Kathmandu on 20 October 2006. It started services to Kuala Lumpur on 24 January 2007. The airline started its operation to the Middle East with daily flights to Dubai on 1 February 2008. And in July 2010 they started flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 4 times a week and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 6 times a week[5].
GMG Airlines currently operates services to the following destinations (Dec 2011):[6]
On 1 May 2010, GMG Airlines initiated their new logo and livery with their newly acquired Boeing 767-300ER.[7] After the rebranding, the main body of the planes are white. A small bit of the engine are imprinted with colorful butterfly wings. The tail is also partially embedded with the colorful wings of a butterfly. On the nose, behind the cockpit the new logo of GMG airlines appears Near the Gtail, the link to the GMG Airlines official website is given.
Average age of GMG airline's fleet is 17.4 years as of 2011.[8] The GMG Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Seats | Notes |
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| Boeing 767-300ER[10] | 3 | 0 | 250 & 269 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 100 | 1 | 0 | 37 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 300 | 2 | 0 | 50 | In the new livery |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | 0 | 150 | In the new livery, ex Lion Air |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | 0 | 153 | In the new livery |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
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