The airline will operate two flights a week on Sundays and Wednesdays, Basel H Alkershi, regional manager (Gulf and Far East) of Yemen Airways, told a press briefing in Dhaka.

"Initially, we will operate on Dhaka-Mumbai-Sana route but from October we intend to fly to the capital Yemen via Dubai," said Alkershi.

The airline also plans to operate its flights from Chittagong and Sylhet, he added.

The 50-year-old carrier will operate Airbus A310-300 having 12 business seats, 189 economy seats and twelve tons of cargo capacity.

Yemen Airways now goes to over 50 destinations including London, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Jeddah, Dubai, Doha, Mumbai, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Riyadh and Kuwait.

Among others present at the conference was Ibrahim M Ali, general manager of Bangladesh Aero Vision Ltd, the general sales agent of the airline.