Hajj flight starts

Senior Reporter:  The first Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ hajj flight has started. 

A flight with 418 pilgrims started at 7.55 am today from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and will reach Jeddah at 11.30 am local time, Biman official sources said.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon and Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman inaugurated 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 October 5.



risingbd/Dhaka/July 24, 2017/Noimuddin/Mukul