Novoair

NOVOAIR
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 6
Destinations 7
Company slogan The Art of Aviation
Headquarters House # 50, Road # 11, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key people
Website http://www.flynovoair.com

Novoair (Bengali: নভোএয়ার) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] Novoair operates domestic flights, from its hub at Shahjalal International Airport, with three Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft and three ATR 72-500 aircraft.

History

Novoair was established in October 2001 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. From the year 2011, Novoair started the process of establishing its own airline with the direct initiative of Mr. Faiz Khan, the founding Chairman of the company. Finally, Novoair started conducting domestic flights as a scheduled operation on January 2013.[1]

In July 2013, Novoair launched Smiles, the frequent-flyer program of the airline.[4] 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.[5]

Novoair launched international flights in 01 December 2015.[6]

Destinations

Flights to three initial domestic destinations began from 9 January 2013 — to Chittagong, Jessore and Cox's Bazar, all from Dhaka.[1] It later launched flights to Sylhet on 20 January. Novoair has been allotted with multiple traffic rights to operate flights to all major cities of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East and the Middle East. Novoair aspires to connect to all major cities in those regions in near future with induction of narrow body aircraft. As of February 2016, Novoair serves the following destinations :[7]

Fleet

Novoair Embraer ERJ 145 landing at hub Shahjalal International Airport in 2014.

The airline operates a fleet of three Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft[9] and three ATR 72-500 aircraft.[10]The Novoair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2016):[11]

Novoair fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
(Economy)		 Notes
Embraer ERJ 145 3 0 49 First airline in Bangladesh to operate Embraer aircraft.
ATR 72-500 3 0 68
Total 6 0

As of September 2014, the average age of the Novoair fleet is 13.2 years.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Novoair starts flying". The Daily Star. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 https://www.flynovoair.com/services/smiles
  3. ↑ https://www.flynovoair.com/about
  4. ↑ "Novo Air launches frequent-flyer programme". New Age. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bangladeshi frequent flyers vote for the best". Bangladesh Monitor. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Novoair starts flight to Yangon". The Daily Star. 02 December 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "Route Map". Novoair. Retrieved 01 March 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/business/novoair-begins-international-flights-december-163828
  9. ↑ "Novoair adds new aircraft to fleet". The Daily Star. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ↑ http://media.flynovoair.com/news/4th-aircraft-added-on-novoair-fleet
  11. ↑ http://media.flynovoair.com/news/4th-aircraft-added-on-novoair-fleet
  12. ↑ "Novoair Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

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