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NOVOAIR (Bengali: নভোএয়ার) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh[3] operating mostly domestic flights. It operates 25 flights each day from Dhaka to its eight destinations.[4][5]

NOVO AIR

IATA ICAO Callsign VQ NVQ NOVOAIR
Founded	2007
Commenced operations	9 January 2013[1]
Hubs	Shahjalal International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Smiles[2]
Fleet size	7
Destinations	9
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key people	Fayzur Rahman Badal (Chairman) Mofizur Rahman (Managing Director) Arshad Jamal (Director & CFO)
Website	flynovoair.com

History

NOVOAIR was established in October 2007 as an aviation service provider as the business diversification of parent company Tusuka Group with directors Arshad Jamal, Faiz Khan, Mofizur Rahman, and Fayzur Rahman Badal. The process of establishing a scheduled airline began in late 2011. NOVOAIR launched a commercial operation on 9 Jan 2013 with Embraer 145 jet aircraft. Later the Embraer fleet was replaced with ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. The airline currently operates to all domestic destinations of the country, with the lone international destination of Kolkata.

In July 2013, NOVOAIR launched Smiles, the frequent-flyer program of the airline.[6] Smiles is the first frequent-flyer program for domestic flights in Bangladesh's aviation history. Tiered benefits include special offers, travel packages, waiting list priority, priority services (sales counter, check-in and boarding) and excess baggage allowance.[2]

NOVOAIR received the Monitor's best domestic airlines award in 2014.[7]

NOVOAIR launched international flights on 1 December 2015.[8] The airline is consolidating its domestic network and eyeing

for expansion in international sectors.

In December 2020, the airline expressed its plan to add three more small-sized aircraft and three mid-sized Airbus A320 by 2022 to extend its international operations to Singapore, Doha, Muscat, Kuala Lumpur alongside Bagdogra, Chennai and Guwahati of India. But due to COVID-19 pandemic the plan has been postponed.[9]

Services

As of its seventh anniversary on 9 January 2020, the airline had operated 61,599 flights to domestic destinations and its only international destination, Kolkata, carrying more than 3.33 million passengers.[10]

Destinations

As of 2018, Novoair serves the following destinations:[11]

Country	City	Airport	Notes/ref.
Bangladesh	Barishal	Barishal Airport	Going to be suspended from 1 August.
	Chattogram	Shah Amanat International Airport
	Cox's Bazar	Cox's Bazar Airport
	Dhaka	Shahjalal International Airport	Hub
	Jashore	Jessore Airport
	Rajshahi	Shah Makhdum Airport
	Saidpur	Saidpur Airport
	Sylhet	Osmani International Airport
India	Kolkata	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport	[12]

Fleet

As of December 2019^[update] the Novoair fleet consists of the following aircraft.[13][14][15]

Novoair fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
ATR 72-500	7	1	72
Total	7	1

Novoair was the first and so far the only Bangladeshi airline to use Embraer ERJ 145. However, they later focused on an all-ATR fleet. On 15 December 2019, the airline added its seventh aircraft.[16]

Incidents

Novoair aircraft (VQ-967) has suffered a tire burst while landing at Saidpur Airport on Nov 17, 2021. The plane that carried 70 passengers was made to stop on the runway, and no casualties were reported.[17]

On Nov 17, 2019, the Novoair flight's tire burst while landing at Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi. There were 33 passengers on board at the time, but no injuries were reported.[18]

See also

• List of airlines of Bangladesh
• Transport in Bangladesh

References

External links

Media related to Novoair at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Novoair

Novoair (bengalisch নভোএয়ার) ist eine bangladeschische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Dhaka und Basis auf dem Flughafen Dhaka.

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- [en] Novoair

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[fr] Novoair

Novoair est une compagnie aérienne bangladaise dont le siège se situe à Dacca, la capitale du pays. Elle assure des vols depuis l'aéroport international Shah Jalal.

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[ru] NovoAir

NovoAir (бенг. নভোএয়ার) — частная авиакомпания Бангладеш со штаб-квартирой в городе Дакка[3][4][5]. Портом приписки авиакомпании и её главным транзитным узлом (хабом) является международный аэропорт Шахджалал в Дакке[6].

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