GMG Airlines
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Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 6 April 1998 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 30 March 2012 | ||||||
Beximco | |||||||
Headquarters | Plot # 1 & 3, Road # 21, Nikunja-2, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh | ||||||
Key people | David Holleran Asif Ahmed Mizanur Rahman Siddique Ashish Rai Choudhury Shayan F. Rahman | ||||||
Website | www |
GMG Airlines was an
History
GMG Airline was established in 1997 and started domestic operations on 6 April 1998. It was founded by two brothers; Nini Sattar and Shahab Sattar, owners of the GMG Industrial Corporation. International services were launched six years later on 8 September 2004, with service from Chittagong to Kolkata.
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. In July 2010, GMG initiated flights to Jeddah and Riyadh.[4]
The airline also served
In February 2008 the airline added a leased
On 17 June 2009, the largest conglomerate of Bangladesh, BEXIMCO took a 50% stake in the airline, re-branding it and raising service standards to a higher level.[6]
On 28 March 2012, GMG announced they would suspend all operations in preparation for re-fleeting the airline. It expected to resume operations later in 2013 but years later in January 2022, this situation remains unchanged.[3]
In 2013, India provided temporary maintenance and an operational base at Kolkata. With no overseas assets, GMG international operations consisted solely of flights between Kolkata and Kathmandu in 2014.
As of 30 May 2016,
Destinations
At the time of closure in March 2012, GMG were operating internationally to Kolkata, as well as domestic services between Dhaka and Chittagong.
Fleet
As of March 2012, the fleet consisted of the following aircraft, though only the Dash-8 were operational at the time:
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Seats | Notes |
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Bombardier Dash 8 100
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1 | 0 | 37 | |
Bombardier Dash 8 300
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1 | 0 | 50 | In the new livery |
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
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2 | 0 | 150 | In the new livery, ex Lion Air |
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
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1 | 0 | 153 | In the new livery |
Total | 5 | 0 |
GMG previously also had one
References
- ^ "About Us". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "Contact Us". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2011-12-29. "Plot # 1 & 3, Road # 21 Nikunja-2, Dhaka 1229"
- ^ a b "Home". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30.
- ^ "Timetable". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2011-12-17. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "The New GMG". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.
- ^ "Beximco buys GMG shares". The Daily Star.
- ^ a b "Sonali Bank to put up businessman Salman F Rahman's home on auction". Financial Express (Dhaka, Bangladesh). 29 July 2016.
- ^ "GMG suspends flight operations". bdnews24.com. 2012-03-28.
- ^ "GMG Fleet Information". GMG Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02.
- ^ "GMG historic fleet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-03-27.