First Haj flights from India Arrive at Jeddah and Madinah

Jeddah: The first groups of Indian pilgrims arrived at the Jeddah Haj Terminal and Madinah airport yesterday.
Five other flights from India — three from New Delhi and one each from Nagpur and Lucknow — arrived with a total of 1,505 pilgrims at Madinah airport.
Pilgrims arriving in Madinah were received by Consul General Ausaf Sayeed.The first flight arriving in Madinah was delayed by nearly two hours. All the pilgrims to arrive in Madinah will be accommodated in the Taiba building, overlooking the Prophet’s Mosque.
Six flights are due to arrive today from New Delhi, Lucknow, Nagpur and Bangalore, bringing in around the same number of pilgrims as yesterday.
Air-India is handling Haj flights from Calcutta, Nagpur, Jaipur, Srinagar and Calicut, while Saudi Arabian Airlines is operating services from Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Madras, New Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai.
23/11/06 K.S. Ramkumar/Arab News

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