DHAKA : GMG Airlines, Bangladesh’s largest private carrier, will operate scheduled flights from Dhaka to Jeddah during the upcoming hajj period.

GMG Airlines will operate six flights from Dhaka to Jeddah in every week.

GMG Airlines will carry passengers with 264-seated ‘Boeing 767-300 ER Long Range aircraft’ on the Dhaka-Jeddah route, said a press release.

The Airline will very soon start flight operation from Dhaka to Riyadh and already got necessary permission from the respective civil aviation authorities.

GMG Airlines started operations on April 6, 1998. It began with domestic services and launched international flights in September 2004, with flights between Chittagong and Kolkata.

BDST : 1910 HRS, AUG 30, 2010