Easy Fly Express is a
cargo airline based in Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, with its main hub at
Shahjalal International Airport. The airline was founded in 2007 and commenced operations on 1 July 2008.
Its fleet comprises one
Saab 340 aircraft.
History
Easy Fly Express was founded on 18 April 2007, and received its first aircraft
HS 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed and initially produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro. It was the last aircraft to be developed by Avro prior to its absorption by Hawker Siddeley ...
(Reg: S2-AAX) on 7 May 2008. The aircraft was registered on 24 June 2008 and the airline commenced operations on 1 July 2008. In February 2014, Karnaphuli Group purchased 100% of the shares of the airlines. The airline operates domestic and international cargo flights.
The airline has been challenged by
Monaco
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and
London
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-based
easyGroup, licensor of the
easyJet
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brand, over its orange "easyFly" branding which is strikingly similar to that used by easyJet. An April 2019 "Brand Thief" statement by easyGroup indicated the
Airbus A300 in question was no longer operated by Easy Fly Express and had been stripped of the contentious logo.
Fleet
The Easy Fly Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):
See also
*
List of airlines of Bangladesh
This is a list of airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.
Scheduled airlines
Charter airlines
Cargo airlines
See also
*List of airlines
* List of defunct airlines of Bangladesh
*L ...
References
External links
Official website
{{List of airlines
Airlines of Bangladesh
Airlines established in 2007
Bangladeshi companies established in 2007