The National
Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Monday concluded the airlift of Nigerian
pilgrims back to the country.
The last
flight by Max Airline, NGL 2110, took off from King Abdulaziz International
Airport, Jeddah, to Kano via Port Harcourt at 6:53 a.m. Nigerian time on
Monday.
According to
NAHCON’s Command and Control Centre in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, the Flight had 172
pilgrims from Kano state, 76 from Rivers and 30 officials.
The
commission said flight NGL 2110 “marked the end of airlift of pilgrims for 2017
Hajj.”
The return
airlift of Nigerian pilgrims began on September 7 with two flights transporting
pilgrims from Gombe State and Abuja.
The three selected
airlines, Max Air, Medview and Fly Nas airlifted 65,008 pilgrims from the 36
states, FCT and the armed forces in 152 flights.
About 19,000
other pilgrims who used Private Tour Operators returned earlier through various
international airlines.
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