DHAKA, Jan 21, 2019 (BSS) – Novoair has entered into the world safe
airline list as the first private airline of Bangladesh through a global
airlines rating body following footsteps of national flag carrier Biman
Bangladesh Airlines.
According to the Australian based International Aviation Safety Rating
Agency airlinesrating.com, the Novoair received three stars for ensuring
passengers’ safe travel.
The rating agency prepared the safety ratings following data analysis of
405 airlines authorities’ with 12 categories.
From the same agency, Biman achieved five stars out of seven in terms of
air safety as it has been able to meet most of the major parameters regarding
safety concern.
The national flag carrier got three stars for achieving International
Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), one star for not being enlisted in the
aviation blacklist of European Union and another star for not having any
fatality record in the last 10 years.
Novoair is also the only private sector airlines from Bangladesh which
have both European safety agency-EASA and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) of
USA endorsement.
A Novoair press release said here today that it has always given priority
to its customers’ safety, security, comfort and on time departure.
Currently, NOVOAIR operates daily flights from Dhaka to Chattogram, Cox’s
Bazar, Jashore, Sylhet, Saidpur, Barishal, Rajshahi and Kolkata with six ATR
72-500 aircraft.