First Hajj flight from Ctg takes off
Thursday, 4 September 2014
The first Hajj flight from the port city of Chittagong carrying 419 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia took off from Shah Amanat International Airport on Thursday evening. The flight, ‘BG-1033’, of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed from the airport at 7:45pm, said assistant commissioner (immigration) at the airport M Kamaruzzaman, according to a news agency.