First hajj flight with 419 pilgrims sets off today
Published : 24 Jul 2017, 11:14
The first Biman Bangladesh airlines hajj flight will starts from today.
The flight is schedule to take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) with 419 pilgrims at 7.55 am and reach Jeddah at 11.30am BST, Biman official sources said.
Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon and religious affairs minister Motiur Rahman will inaugurate the first hajj flight at the HSIA.
Some 1,27,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh are set to perform this year’s Hajj. Biman Bangladesh Airlines will carry 63,599, the half of the total hajj pilgrims and rest of the half will be carried by Saudi Airlines, the national carrier of Saudi Arabia.
The Biman’s post hajj flight will start on September 6 and end on 5 October.
The national flag carrier will operate 177 pre-Hajj flights, 144 dedicated and 33 scheduled and 169 post hajj-flight, 139 dedicated and 30 scheduled.
Source: bss