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Deborah Ogle

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Regent Airways (Bengali: রিজেন্ট এয়ারওয়েজ) was a Bangladeshi airline owned by HG

Aviation Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Habib Group.It is based at Hazrat Shahjalal

International Airport.Due to its bad financial condition, it is looking for investors to raise

funds and resume operations.Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the airline

suspended its operation and has not resumed since.== History ==

Regent Airways was founded in 2010, and its operations began on 10 November of the same

year.It is headquartered at Siaam Tower in Uttara, Dhaka.It expanded its fleet with two

Boeing 737-700 aircraft on a six-year lease from ILFC, and launched international flights in

July 2013 – Kuala Lumpur in July, Bangkok in October, Chittagong-Kolkata flights in

October, Dhaka-Kolkata flights in November, and Singapore in December.The carrier

launched flights to Bangkok directly from Chittagong on 27 April 2014.In April 2016, the

carrier launched flights to Muscat, its fifth international destination.Until December 2021,

the airline, due to its financial woes, and having only two aircraft at its disposal, restricted

its destination to only eight cities, three being Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox's Bazar and five

international routes, i.e.Doha, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat and Singapore.On March 29,

2023, the airline's request to liquidate was approved by Bangladesh's High Court as a result

of the airline's mounting debts.The airline had not operated a flight since March 2020.==

Destinations ==

As of January 2018, Regent Airways served the following three domestic and seven

international destinations.However, since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all
flights have been suspended.== Fleet ==

=== Current fleet ===

As of July 2022, Regent Airways does not appear to be operating any aircraft.=== Historical

fleet ===

1 x Boeing 737-800, withdrawn from use and stored at Shahjalal International Airport

2 x Boeing 737-700, returned to the leasing company after lease period and scrapped

2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300, stored for technical and financial woes

3 x Boeing 737-800, returned to the leasing company.S2-AIJ went to Black Rock as N705BR,

was converted to an all-cargo configuration and delivered to Express Air Cargo.S2-AIH went

to GECAS as N539RL.S2-AIV went to Merx Aviation as 2-SIVA

== Services ==

=== Seating configuration ===

The Bombardier Dash-8-Q300s each had a seating arrangement for 50 passengers in an

undivided single-class layout.All seats had a generous pitch of 32 inches and individual tray-

tables in a four-abreast seating arrangement (except Row 1 of two seats, D & F forming a

club-seating with Row 2 D & F seats) across the cabin.The Boeing 737-700s was configured

in a 126 seating capacity, with 12 business class and 142 economy class seats.The economy

class seats were configured with a 33-inch seat pitch, and the 12 business class seats had
45-inch reclining seats.In the 737-800s, the economy class is fitted with a 29- to 31-inch

pitch; it has 159 seats with eight business class seats (Reg: S2-AIJ), and the capacity is 168

with 15 premium economy class seats (Reg: S2-AIH) with a 33- to 38-inch seat pitch.=== In-

flight amenities ===

On board short domestic flights, snacks such as sandwiches, roasted peanuts, mango bars,

and beverages are provided.The two Bombardier Dash-8-Q300s do not have in-flight

entertainment.On international flights, traditional cuisine is provided.In-flight meals are

supplied by Biman Flight Catering Centre.On board the Boeing 737-700s, in-flight

entertainment was provided through the Passenger Service Units (PSU) in economy class,

while personal iPads were provided in business class.On board the Boeing 737-800s, in-

flight entertainment is provided through the Wi-Fi system on board.All passengers can

enjoy free Wi-Fi to access a selection of songs and movies.

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