Dhaka, June 25 -- The national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to launch their first hajj flight of this season BG-3001 on July 4 carrying 419 hajj pilgrims from Dhaka to Jeddah.

Md Mahbub Ali, State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry and Sheikh Md Abdullah, State Minister of Religious Affairs will be present at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for the launching of the inaugural flight.

On the same day, hajj flight BG-3101, BG-3201 and BG-3301 will depart from Dhaka at 11:15 am, 3:15 pm and 7:15 pm respectively for Jeddah while scheduled flight BG-0035 will depart at 8:15 pm.

The carrier will operate 19 hajj flights from Chattogram and 3 from Sylhet this year.

About 1,27,198 hajj pilgrims will go to ...