Sylhet Bureau :
The direct Hajj flight this year from Sylhet is starting on May 22. On that day at 3:30 pm, a flight of Biman carrying 419 pilgrims will leave Osmani International Airport for Madinah. Biman Bangladesh Air Lines District Manager Shahnewaz Majumdar confirmed the matter.
President of Hajj Agencies of Bangladesh (HUB) Sylhet Chapter and owner of Latif Travels, Zahirul Kabir Chowdhury Shiru said, considering the sufferings of pilgrims in Sylhet, we had directly demanded Hajj flights from Biman Bangladesh Airlines. In this regard, the hub made a written request to the aviation authority.
Due to which Biman decided to operate 5 direct flights from Sylhet. As a result, more than two thousand pilgrims from Sylhet do not have to go to Dhaka. He mentioned that the suffering of pilgrims will be reduced to a great extent.
Biman’s Sylhet office sources also said that keeping in mind the suffering of Hajj pilgrims in Sylhet region, it has been decided to operate 5 Hajj flights from Sylhet Osmani International Airport.
A total of 2 thousand 95 pilgrims will be transported by 419 people in 5 flights. Except for the first day flight, the rest of the flights will be operated on the Sylhet-Jeddah route. These four flights are scheduled for June 1, 3, 6 and 9.