Fly Dhaka Partners AirAsia Consulting

(16 May 2022, 09:09 +07)  AirAsia Consulting, a new aviation consultancy arm under AirAsia Aviation Group, has been chosen by Bangladesh’s Fly Dhaka to provide the start up airline with consulting services.

AirAsia Consulting offers a wide range of services to airlines, including strategy, fleet evaluation and planning, network strategy, scheduling, turnaround time, on-time performance and crew optimisation, aircraft induction support, operational excellence in various areas, fuel saving initiatives, as well as low cost airline (LCC) best practises and initiatives.

Fly Dhaka CEO Lt Gen M Fazle Akbar (Retd) with AirAsia Consulting CEO, Subashini Silvadas and management from Capital A and Fly Dhaka

“We are excited to be able to help Fly Dhaka take flight as a new up-and-coming low cost airline and help it create a strong foundation for its operations based on AirAsia’s best practices as guiding principles,” said Subashini Silvadas, AirAsia Consulting Chief Executive Officer. “Given the low LCC penetration of only 11 percent in the country, both AirAsia and Fly Dhaka see huge potential in the Bangladeshi aviation industry. Eventually, Fly Dhaka will also be able to tap into AirAsia’s vast network and hubs to allow its passengers to connect to other places in the region.”

Fly Dhaka secured the No Objection Certificate (NOC) in October 2021 and is currently in the final stages of securing its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC).

“We are thrilled to partner with AirAsia, which has been hailed as the world’s best low cost airline for more than a decade. AirAsia’s two decades-long experience as a pioneer in the ASEAN region will help us learn from the very best and build our capabilities to establish our own robust efficient operations,” said Fly Dhaka Chief Executive Officer Lt Gen M Fazle Akbar (Retd). “Fly Dhaka has made significant progress in securing the appropriate aircraft for its soon to be launched domestic operations. We are also excited that we will likely be the only local Airbus operator in Bangladesh, utilising AirAsia’s vast experience of the A320 Family of aircraft.”