Biman Bangladesh Airlines' first flight carrying Hajj returnees touched
down at the Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.
A Boeing 747 carried the 582 pilgrims back to Dhaka at 7:15pm, Director of the flag carrier's Public Relations Department Khan Mosharraf Hossain told bdnews24.com.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mohammad Faruk Khan welcomed the Bangladeshi hajjis at the airport.
Biman will conduct 136 flights through November to return 54,179 pilgrims. According to the Biman, it will conduct the last return flight on Nov 30.
The Hajj flights were conducted from Sep 17 to Oct 20.
According to the government, a total of 110,550 Bangladeshis went to Saudi Arabia to take part in the biggest congregation of the Muslims.
Apart from Dhaka, eight Biman flights left from Chittagong and two from Sylhet for the first time.
It is using a rented Boeing 747 and two of its Boeing 777 and two DC 10s to carry the pilgrims.
The two other airlines, Saudia, the Saudi Arabian Airlines, and Saudi-approved private NAS Air started the return flights on Oct 30. NAS Air will end the flights on Nov 28 and the Saudia on Nov 30.
A Boeing 747 carried the 582 pilgrims back to Dhaka at 7:15pm, Director of the flag carrier's Public Relations Department Khan Mosharraf Hossain told bdnews24.com.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mohammad Faruk Khan welcomed the Bangladeshi hajjis at the airport.
Biman will conduct 136 flights through November to return 54,179 pilgrims. According to the Biman, it will conduct the last return flight on Nov 30.
The Hajj flights were conducted from Sep 17 to Oct 20.
According to the government, a total of 110,550 Bangladeshis went to Saudi Arabia to take part in the biggest congregation of the Muslims.
Apart from Dhaka, eight Biman flights left from Chittagong and two from Sylhet for the first time.
It is using a rented Boeing 747 and two of its Boeing 777 and two DC 10s to carry the pilgrims.
The two other airlines, Saudia, the Saudi Arabian Airlines, and Saudi-approved private NAS Air started the return flights on Oct 30. NAS Air will end the flights on Nov 28 and the Saudia on Nov 30.
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