Another airline launches JFK-UK service
An Asian airline is launching twice-weekly flights to New York to the UK city of Birmingham in the spring.
The service will be operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Bangladesh’s national flag carrier and is possible due to Birmingham’s £40m runway extension which is soon to open.
Flights will be on sale early in the New Year with launch fares starting from £100 plus taxes each way between Birmingham and JFK.
At the same time, the airline will launch a service to Dhaka, Bangladesh, from Birmingham.
The new flight is the first Birmingham-JFK service in 10 years.
British Airways flew to JFK between 1993 and 1998, before axing the flights, while Uzbekistan Airlines operated a Birmingham-JFK service for a short-lived five-month period in 2003.
Kevin Steele, MD & CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said there were "many opportunities to build business and cultural links between Dhaka, Birmingham and New York".
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