30,083 Hajj pilgrims reach Saudi Arabia

A total of 30,083 Bangladeshis reached Saudi Arabia to perform hajj in 84 flights of Bangladesh Biman Airlines and Saudi Airlines till Tuesday.

Among them, 3,337 people under the government management and 26,746 under the private management reached Saudi Arabia.

According to the source, the first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 418 Bangladeshi pilgrims left Dhaka for Jeddah on July 24. A total of 177 flights will carry the Hajj pilgrims till August 26.

The return flight will start on September 6 and continue till October 5. The number of return flights will be 169. Biman Bangladesh Airlines will carry 50 percent of Bangladeshi pilgrims while Saudi Airlines the rest of the pilgrims.

Some 127,198 pilgrims will perform Hajj from Bangladesh this year under government and private managements. Of them, 4,230 pilgrims will perform Hajj under the government management.  From this year, flights carrying the Hajj pilgrims will also go to Madinah.