KARACHI - Pakistan International Airlines on the fourth day of its Haj operation operated five special Haj flights while carrying around 2200 Hujjaj to the holy land on Thursday.
According to the Spokesman, PIA’s flight PK-2107 carrying 503 Hujjaj left Islamabad at 5.20AM, another flight from PK-2207 carrying 501 Islamabad at 11.25, from Peshawar PK-2007 carrying 329 at 2.00 PM, from Lahore PK-2307 took off at 7.20 PM carrying 503 and from Quetta PK-2707 carrying 329 pilgrims left to Jeddah. The departure and arrival of all flights was on time.
Till now the total uplift of intending pilgrims stand at 7,000 by seventeen Haj flights.
So far, two Haj flights from Karachi carried 602, four flights from Lahore 1,951; six flights from Islamabad 2,810; three flights from Peshawar 903 and two flights from Quetta carried 656 Hujjaj to Saudi Arabia.
On Friday, 13th September, a total of five special flights are scheduled to operate two from Lahore and one each from Karachi, Peshawar and Islamabad.