The first Hajj flight (BG-3001) left Dhakas Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Jeddah at 7:15am re Thursday, according to the Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The first flight is carrying 419 passengers headed to Jeddah to put-on 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 send-off at the Dhaka airfield.
Four more Hajj flights, BG-3101, BG-3201, BG-3301 and BG-0035 will with leave for Jeddah on the subject of Thursday at 11.15am, 3.15pm, 7.15pm and 8.15pm respectively.
This year, a sum of 127,198 pilgrims will take at the forefront Saudi Arabia to perform-suit Hajj. Of them, Biman will ferry 63,599 pilgrims, 7,198 of them will go below paperwork concurrence and 56,401 will go below non-supervision pact, according to the Biman Bangladesh.
The national flag carrier will use its Boeing 777-300 ER dirigible to transport pilgrims. Regular Jeddah-bound flight will with carry them from Bangladesh. Biman will put-on 304 dedicated flights and 61 regular flights to ferry pilgrims to the kingdom. Return flights will begin concerning Aug 17.