On Tuesday 12th February 2019, a service delivery partnership agreement was signed between BRAC Probashbandhu Limited and Flight Expert. It represents an unprecedented Air Ticketing and related service delivery agreement for the migrant workers of Bangladesh and customers of BRAC Probashbandhu Limited.
BRAC Probashbandhu Limited, a social enterprise of BRAC established to ensure safe, skilled, low cost and middleman free migration from Bangladesh. It has been striving to ensure responsible recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.
It started a pilot with 11 offices in 3 districts and have served 7,000 migrant customers, providing low cost migration services ranging from language training (including mobile app) to technical skills training in collaboration with 30 training centers of BRAC institute of Skills development (BiSD) and other social enterprises of BRAC.
Flight expert, the first ever online travel agency (OTA) of Bangladesh provides ticketing and travel solutions to thousands of customers since its inception in 2016 aiming to give people the ease of booking local & international flights or reserve hotels from online, all at once.
Mr. Asif Saleh Senior Director, BRAC and BRAC International & managing director BPL signed and quoted, “We are planning and working to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration from Bangladesh at affordable cost.” This stride of BRAC proves to provide more supports to its target groups digitally at possible all corners of Bangladesh and gradually in other countries of BRAC services.
This partnership will involve Flight Expert’s consortium of Airlines and Hotel chains to ensure online ticketing and travel support to BRAC customers at their doorsteps. It is opening a new horizon to connect rural to urban digitally.
This partnership is bringing the dream to the reality of the present government. At successful implementation of this agreement may result in farther extension and broadening to all other enterprises and entities of BRAC. Both organizations will play a continued role in service to reach out all over the country.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by officials of BRAC and Flight Expert.
