Haj flights to commence from Aug 22

The Haj Chartered Flights by Air India will commence from August 21 from the Hyderabad Embarkation Point, announced Prof. SA Shukoor, Special Officer, Telangana State Haj Committee in a media release here today.

Prof. Shukoor said that the Haj Committee of India has finalized the Haj Flight schedule, according to which the pilgrims from Hyderabad Embarkation Point, clad in white Ehram,   will start leaving for Jeddah in second phase of Haj Operations from August 21 to 28 with two flights of 340 capacity every day. There will be only one flight on the last day of the Haj Camp i.e. 28th August, 2016, he said.

He further said that the pilgrims after performing Haj rituals and visiting Madeena al Munnawara will start returning back from 4th October till 11th October. The Haj Camp will commence from 19th August when the pilgrims of the first flight will report. All arrangements will be made under one roof at the Haj House, Nampally, Hyderabad, for safe departure of pilgrims.  All the flights from Hyderabad will leave for Jeddah and in return journey they will take off from Madeenah, he said.

Prof. Shukoor said that last date for payment of second instalment of Haj expenses is 2nd July and all the pilgrims are requested to make the payment at the earliest. (INN)