The last Biman plane carrying pilgrims from Bangladesh has left Dhaka for Jeddah, concluding the national flag carrier's pre-hajj flight operations.
Flight BG335 departed Dhaka airport with 262 passengers on Thursday night.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines transported 61,151 pilgrims on 160 flights to Saudia Arabia this year.
The airline's first post-hajj flight is set to land in Dhaka in the early hours of July 3.
More than two million pilgrims are expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat to perform hajj this year.
Pilgrims in white robes and sandals pack the ancient city of Makkah, now dotted with luxury hotels and air-conditioned shopping malls, after flooding in on planes, buses and trains for the annual rites.
