Hajj flights start today
The first hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the first batch of this year's Bangladesh pilgrims, will leave Dhaka for Saudi Arabia today.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to inaugurate the flight at 3:30pm at ZIA International Airport, officials said.
A total of 48,561 pilgrims, including 7,474 under government management and 41,087 under private management, will go to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year, said a Biman press release yesterday.
Biman will operate 42 dedicated hajj flights to carry some 29,000 pilgrims, it said.
Two of the dedicated flights will be operated from Sylhet Osmani International Airport while one from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport. The remaining flights will be operated from ZIA, the press release said, adding the flights will continue until December 2.
The post-hajj flights will start on December 11 and continue through January 12, 2009.
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