Tuesday 4 October 2016

Med-View completes Hajj return trips



Med-View Airline PLC yesterday completed the airlift of pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj back to Nigeria. 
The airline, one of the three carriers contracted by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the 2016 Hajj operations, was the first to complete the in-bound operations. The other two airlines are Max Air and Fly NAS. 
Med-View’s last two flights for the NAHCON assignment arrived Port Harcourt International airport and Kaduna International Airport respectively yesterday.
The flight to Port Harcourt had pilgrims from Rivers, Edo, Delta, Abia, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi and Cross River states.
The Port Harcourt flight departed Jeddah at 1:19 hrs with 122 Rivers pilgrims; 89 from Delta; Ebonyi 60, Cross River 47; Imo 42; Anambra 35; Abia 18, Enugu 8 and eight officials. 
Managing Director and CEO of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole commended NAHCON and the Federal Government for the necessary structures put in place to ensure a hitch-free Hajj exercise. 
The last batch of Kaduna state pilgrims that  performed the 2016 hajj returned to Nigeria yesterday, signifying the end of airlift of Kaduna pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.
A press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board, Yunusa Muhammad Abdullahi, stated that the last batch of 447 pilgrims arrived Kaduna around 10:30am yesterday on board Max Air.

Daily Trust



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