Air Sylhet

Air Sylhet plc was founded by British Bangladeshi businessmen from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and headquartered in London. Air Sylhet AG was its wholly owned, short-lived Austrian airline subsidiary based at Vienna International Airport.

History

Air Sylhet plc was established in 2007 and a registered UK public limited company which had received over £1m in investment, primarily from the UK Bangladeshi Sylheti community. Air Sylhet AG was a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Sylhet plc and obtained its Austrian AOC and operating licence on 29 May 2008. Formal notice of its AOC and OL has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2008/C 178/15).

Air Sylhet started scheduled flights to Amritsar from Birmingham with a technical stopover at Vienna from 4 April 2009. However, the sole scheduled route was suspended after just one month when the fledgling business collapsed and subsequently ceased operations.

Destinations

Air Sylhet served the following destinations:

  • Amritsar – Amritsar Airport
  • Birmingham – Birmingham Airport
  • Vienna – Vienna International Airport

Fleet

The Air Sylhet fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

  • 1 Boeing 757-200 (leased from Gadair European Airlines)

See also

  • List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom

See Also

Bako Air

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