Biman Bangladesh Airlines has successfully completed the pre-Hajj flights for Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims this year (2023).
The last pre-Hajj flight BG 335 left Dhaka for Jeddah with 262 Bangladeshi pilgrims around 7:15pm on Thursday (June 22,2023), said Tahera Khandaker, general manager (public relations) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
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A total of 61,151 pilgrims have safely reached Saudi Arabia this year by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, she added.
Biman has operated 160 pre-hajj flights starting from May 21.
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All flights were operated on time as Biman has given highest priority to Hajj activities.
The first return Hajj flight will land in Dhaka with the pilgrims at 06:05 am on 3 July, 2023.