Homecoming: Post Hajj flights to start today
The post-Hajj operation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will commence on Wednesday.
KARACHI:
The post-Hajj operation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will commence on Wednesday, PIA’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. The first post-Hajj flight of PIA from Jeddah will reach Lahore at 8.30 am on Wednesday carrying 500 Hajjis. Meanwhile, the first post-Hajj flight from Jeddah will reach Karachi on Wednesday at 11.30 am with 503 Hajjis onboard. PIA chairman Asif Yasin Malik is in Jeddah to oversee the post-Hajj operation of the national carrier. He has directed that elaborate arrangements be made so that returning hajjis do not face any inconvenience. The carrier’s spokesman said PIA ferried over 94,000 intending Hajjis via 196 flights to Saudi Arabia.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2012.
The post-Hajj operation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will commence on Wednesday, PIA’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. The first post-Hajj flight of PIA from Jeddah will reach Lahore at 8.30 am on Wednesday carrying 500 Hajjis. Meanwhile, the first post-Hajj flight from Jeddah will reach Karachi on Wednesday at 11.30 am with 503 Hajjis onboard. PIA chairman Asif Yasin Malik is in Jeddah to oversee the post-Hajj operation of the national carrier. He has directed that elaborate arrangements be made so that returning hajjis do not face any inconvenience. The carrier’s spokesman said PIA ferried over 94,000 intending Hajjis via 196 flights to Saudi Arabia.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2012.