An exceptional and uncommon marriage ceremony was held on a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Dhaka to Sylhet - nevertheless maintaining all procedures on Sunday (May 29).

This was the first marriage ceremony to take place onboard a flight in Bangladesh. National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cooperated with the event.

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The bride and bridegroom are Khairul Hasan and Saudia Binte Sanjida, two Bangladeshi expatriates in Canada.

A total of 16 members from both families were present at the marriage ceremony.

Confirming the matter on Monday, Tahera Khandaker, public relations officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said details of the marriage ceremony will be disclosed later to the media.

According to family sources, Khairul and Saudia are travel enthusiasts who planned to marry during a flight in the skies of Bangladesh - in a sense to symbolise their passion for travel.

As planned, they, along with their invited family members boarded the regular Biman flight BG-603 from Dhaka to Sylhet at 3:30pm on Sunday. On the way to Sylhet, the marriage ceremony was completed, maintaining all rituals.

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The groom, Khairul Hasan, said: “We have decided to keep the day memorable. We miss road travel in Bangladesh a lot. We have taken permission from the Biman Bangladesh Airlines authority one month ago for holding the marriage ceremony.”

Kazi (Marriage registrar) Omar Farooq administered the marriage ceremony while all passengers of the flight prayed for the newly-wed couple and congratulated them.