Haj pilgrims stranded at Jaipur airport

Jaipur: The Haj pilgrims from western Rajasthan were stranded for more than 12 hours in Jaipur after the pilot ran short of his flying hours. State Haj committee blamed Air India which has outsourced its services to Thailand-based Jet Asia airlines. The flight which was scheduled to depart at 8.30pm, departed at 8.30am on Friday. The passengers were shifted to a five star hotel, near Airport and were provided refreshments by the national carrier.

First Hajj flight from India arrives in Saudi Arabia

Jedda: The first Hajj flight from India carrying 235 pilgrims has arrived in Madinah in Saudi Arabia.
Air India flight AI 5001 arrived yesterday at Prince Mohammed International Airport in Madinah from Kolkata.
The pilgrims were received at the Prince Mohammed International Airport by India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hamid Ali Rao, Consul General of India, Jeddah BS Mubarak and other officials.
From the Saudi side, officials from Ministry of Hajj, General Authority of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority were present.

First flight from Bhopal carrying Haj pilgrims on September 17

The first flight from Bhopal to Saudi Arabia for Haj pilgrims will take off from here on September 17.
"A total of five flights will take off from Bhopal's Raja Bhoj airport to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage during September 17-21. A total of 1200 pilgrims will fly from here in these flights, each of which will carry 240 pilgrims," Madhya Pradesh Haj Committee chairman Sanawwar Patel said in a press release today.