First Hajj flight leaves for Saudi Arabia behind 419 pilgrims

The first Hajj flight (BG-3001) left Dhakas Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Jeddah at 7:15am on Thursday, according to the Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

The first flight is carrying 419 passengers headed to Jeddah to put-a propos Hajj," the civil aviation and tourism ministrys spokesman Tanveer Alam told bdnews24.com.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md Mahbub Ali and Religious Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah inaugurated the flight and bid them farewell at the Dhaka airfield.

Four more Hajj flights, BG-3101, BG-3201, BG-3301 and BG-0035 will once than depart for Jeddah upon the subject of Thursday at 11.15am, 3.15pm, 7.15pm and 8.15pm respectively.

This year, a quantity of 127,198 pilgrims will endure to the front Saudi Arabia to doing-warfare Hajj. Of them, Biman will ferry 63,599 pilgrims, 7,198 of them will go sedated running flexibility and 56,401 will go asleep non-doling out treaty, according to the Biman Bangladesh.

The national flag carrier will use its Boeing 777-300 ER zeppelin to transport pilgrims. Regular Jeddah-bound flight will taking into account carry them from Bangladesh. Biman will put-upon 304 dedicated flights and 61 regular flights to ferry pilgrims to the kingdom. Return flights will begin regarding speaking Aug 17.