The first flight from the Raja Bhoj International Airport of the State capital Bhopal to Saudi Arabia for Haj pilgrims will take off on September 17 while the Haj flights from Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Indore, would start on September 22.
“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. Each of these flights will carry 240 pilgrims,” Madhya Pradesh Haj Committee chairman Sanawwar Patel said in a Press release.
He said that the Haj Committee of India, along with the officers of the Indian Airlines and Saudi Air lines, had prepared a schedule to fly pilgrims from the Madhya Pradesh capital.
Patel said that the flights from Indore embarkation point to carry Haj pilgrims would start from September 22. A total of eight flights would carry 1,920 pilgrims in eight flights, each of which will carry 240 pilgrims, he added.
“Both the Indian Airlines and Saudi Air lines have agreed to give better facilities to pilgrims; and cleanliness will also be maintained,” the release quoted Patel as saying.
This year a total of 3,120 pilgrims would proceed for the pilgrimage from the two embarkation points of the State, Raja Bhoj International Airport of the State capital Bhopal and Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport of Indore. A total of 13 flights carrying 240 pilgrims each would carry the pilgrims for pilgrimage.