This year's maiden hajj flights from Chittagong will start from May 14.
Biman's Boeing 717, carrying 419 pilgrims, will depart from Shah Amanat International Airport for Madinah at 3:50am on May 14, Biman's Chittagong District Manager Md Shahdat Hossain confirmed.
This year, 22 direct flights will be operated from Chittagong to Saudi Arabia for the transportation of pilgrims, he added.
Of them, 20 flights will go directly to Jeddah and two flights will go to Madinah.
Meanwhile, the first flight with pilgrims from Dhaka will leave for Saudi Arabia on May 9. Then the next flights will leave as per the schedule.
