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In recognition of increasing air connectivity within the country and maintaining stability in the air transport sector, travel fortnightly ‘The Bangladesh Monitor’, one of the country’s leading travel publications, has given private carrier US-Bangla Airlines the ‘Best Domestic Airline of the Year-2026’ award.
This makes it the fifth consecutive time US-Bangla has received the ‘Best Domestic Airline of the Year’ award. The airline, one of the country’s best, had earlier won Bangladesh Monitor’s ‘Best Domestic Airline’ award in 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022, and before that in 2015.
US-Bangla also received several other recognitions at the event: Best Wage Earner Friendly Airline, Best Short Haul Airline, Best Airport Service (Domestic), Popular Airline Brand in Bangladesh, Outstanding Community Service, Best Regional Airline and Best Improved Airlines.
The awards were formally presented at Crowne Plaza Airport Dhaka on Sunday (8 November). US-Bangla’s head of sales Shafiqul Islam received the ‘Best Domestic Airline of the Year-2026’ award from the chief guest, MP Naser Rahman. Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Dr Nurunnahar Chowdhury and Bangladesh Monitor editor Kazi Wahidul Alam were present at the event.
In addition, the airline received gold awards in the Best Airport Service (Domestic), Best Popular Airline Brand in Bangladesh and Best Improved Airlines categories, and silver awards in the Best Short Haul, Best Wage Earner Friendly Airline, Best Outstanding Connectivity Service and Best Regional Airline categories. The awards in the various categories were received from the guests by US-Bangla’s director of customer service AKM Junayed, general manager (public relations) Md Kamrul Islam and central reservations manager Iqbal Ahmed.
Reacting to the award, US-Bangla Airlines managing director Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun said, ‘All forms of recognition for US-Bangla Airlines are a reward for passengers’ trust. Such recognition commits US-Bangla Airlines to doing ever better in future.’
Background
According to a Daily Inqilab report on 17 July, US-Bangla, which began operations on 17 July 2014 on the Dhaka-Jashore route with a Dash-8 Q400 aircraft, now operates regular flights to 20 domestic and international destinations with a fleet of 25 aircraft.
bdnews24.com reported on the same day that the airline had announced plans to add 21 more aircraft to its fleet by the following year.
Sources
Background sources: Daily Inqilab, 17 July 2026; bdnews24.com, 17 July 2026
