FlyBosnia begins Hajj flights

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FlyBosnia begins Hajj flights

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FlyBosnia has commenced Hajj flights from Sarajevo today, carrying passengers to the annual Islamic pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In addition to its scheduled flight to Riyadh, FlyBosnia is today operating three charter services to Medina. This will be followed by a further three flights on Tuesday. On Wednesday the airline will run four flights to Medina. FlyBosnia will complete its Hajj operations on Thursday with another four rotations from Sarajevo. Last year, Hajj flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital were operated by Turkish Airlines.

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edervisevic13:16
I bilo je krajnje vrijeme da se leti svojom kompanijom, bilo bi smijesno da FBS leti tri destinacije u KSA a da ne rade HAJJ 2019. Sretno i hairli da prodju svi letovi. Samo mi nije jasno kako idu neparni brojevi leta iz baze SJJ dok su parni na povratku, jel to neki novitet ?!?
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danish13:23
hajj is the 5th pillar of Islam 5 day event the hajj 2019
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