Bilal9
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Does air travelling is more preferred by Bangladeshi compared to train and bus in term of travelling inter Bangladesh city ? What type of aircraft is used for such trip, propeller or jet ?
The distances are very small 250 to 300 miles North or South of Dhaka to any city, so Bus is preferred, and then train, then Airplane.
The govt. airline currently uses propliners like Dash 8 Q400, as do some private airliners, others use the ATR 42/72 series.
But sometimes Jetliners in high density routes are also used (Embraer E145 commuter jets and of course B738's). Bangladesh has used Fokker F28 Fellowship commuter jetliners in these 300 mile legs starting in 1970's. Even earlier, ATP's and Fokker F27 Friendships were used.
Sometimes B773's and B788's/B789's will stop at Chittagong (2nd largest city/destination) from foreign cities and then come to Dhaka, the hub and capital. Same with third largest destination city Sylhet which has direct connection to London.