UNB, Dhaka :
The Hajj flights to carry the Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will begin on Wednesday. First Hajj flight ‘BG-1011’ carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:05am, Hajj officer Mizanur Rahman told UNB.
He also said, a total of four flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd will carry Bangladeshi pilgrims on the first day.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon will inaugurate the Biman Hajj Operations-2014 at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6am on Wednesday, he said.
The national flag carrier will carry 50 percent Hajj pilgrims while Saudi Airlines the remaining 50 percent in several phases.
A total of 98,757 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj this year. Of them, 97,257 will perform Hajj under private management while the rest 1,500 under government arrangement.
This year, the Hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will continue till September 28 while the return Hajj flights of the national flag carrier will begin on October 8 and continue till November 8.
Besides, the Hajj flights of Saudi Airlines will begin on September 1 and continue till September 30 while the return flights on October 9 and end on November 17.
The Hajj flights to carry the Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will begin on Wednesday. First Hajj flight ‘BG-1011’ carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:05am, Hajj officer Mizanur Rahman told UNB.
He also said, a total of four flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd will carry Bangladeshi pilgrims on the first day.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon will inaugurate the Biman Hajj Operations-2014 at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6am on Wednesday, he said.
The national flag carrier will carry 50 percent Hajj pilgrims while Saudi Airlines the remaining 50 percent in several phases.
A total of 98,757 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj this year. Of them, 97,257 will perform Hajj under private management while the rest 1,500 under government arrangement.
This year, the Hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will continue till September 28 while the return Hajj flights of the national flag carrier will begin on October 8 and continue till November 8.
Besides, the Hajj flights of Saudi Airlines will begin on September 1 and continue till September 30 while the return flights on October 9 and end on November 17.
