Hajj flight carrying Bangladeshi pilgrims to perform the holy hajj in Saudi Arabia this year begins tomorrow.
A flight of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh airlines will carry the first batch of Bangladeshi pilgrims from Dhaka to Saudi Arabia tomorrow morning, BSS reports.
“The first hajj flight (BG-3001) will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 419 pilgrims on its board at 7:15am,” Biman Bangladesh airlines officials said.
Biman is going to operate 189 pre-hajj flights, 157 dedicated and 32 scheduled flights from tomorrow to August 5, by its own four ‘Boeing 777-300ER’. The national flag carrier will carry 63,599 passengers, which is about half of the number of total hajj pilgrims.
The airlines will operate 11 flights to Madina from Dhaka for the first time this year. Apart from Dhaka, 19 hajj flights will be operated from Chattogram while three from Sylhet.
Biman will operate 176 post-hajj flights, 147 dedicated and 29 scheduled flights from August 17 to September 15.
Some 1,27,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh are set to perform hajj this year.