Hajj 2018 Flights Operation

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A number of Hajis arrived at Islamabad International Airport aboard Saudia Boeing 777-200ER (HZ-AKW) flight SV-722 from Jeddah.

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177 Hajis arrived at Karachi Airport aboard airblue Airbus A320 (AP-EDH) flight PA-171 from Jeddah.

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airblue staff welcoming Hajis at Karachi Airport.

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PIA post-Hajj flight PK-3006 performed by airline's Boeing 777-300ER registration AP-BID landed at Karachi Airport at 7:28 PM with 390 pilgrims onboard. The flight's captain was PIA Chief of Flight Operations Capt. Uzair Khan.

PK-3006 was scheduled to land at Karachi at 5:40 PM. The flight experienced delay due to rush at Jeddah Airport.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk3006

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PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BGJ pre-Hajj flight PK-3004 from Jeddah landed at Lahore at 6:57 AM. The Hajis were received by PIA officials. The flight was scheduled to land at 6:30 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk3004

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PIA's First Post-Hajj for Lahore Arrives

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Lahore, August 28, 2018:
PIA’s first Post-Hajj flight PK-3004 for Lahore arrived in the early hours of Tuesday carrying 329 Hujjaj. The Hujjaj of first post-Hajj flight were received by District Manager Lahore Omer Nawaz Goraya, Station Manager Amir Malik, Ticket office Manager Tanveer Qasim, Hajj Manager Sabir Hussain and Airport Manager Civil Aviation Authority Sardar Zahid Sikander along with other senior officials of Lahore airport. Hujjaj were garlanded by PIA Public Affairs Department.

PIA will operate 225 flights from Saudi Arabia. This includes flights from Madinah and Jeddah through Hajj and regular scheduled flights.

President & CEO PIA, Musharraf Rasool Cyan has instructed PIA officials and hajj team members for successful commencement of Post-Hajj operation and to provide full support and assistance to the returning Hujjaj.

PIA will bring back more than 68,000 Hujjaj through Hajj and Regular scheduled flights from Jeddah and Madinah to Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Sialkot, Multan and Faisalabad stations. The Post Hajj operation will conclude on 25 September 2018.

Source: PIA Press Release
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Post-Haj flights start today at Sukkur Airport

August 29, 2018

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- Return of Haj pilgrims will start at Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport Sukkur from 29th August (today) and in this connection first flight has been scheduled to land at Sukkur Airport on Wednesday midnight.

A meeting was presided by Airport Manager Abdul Sattar Bhutto at his office on Tuesday to review the arrangements for returning Haj pilgrims. The meeting was attended by the members of concerned institutions including Civil Aviation Authority.

The manager informed that first flight for bringing back to Haj pilgrims was schedule to land at Sukkur Airport, while through eleven more flights of pilgrims would come at the airport.

He said that complete arrangements have been made to welcome and extend all the facilities for the pilgrims while strict security arrangements at the Sukkur Airport.

Source: The Nation
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Arrival of Hajis at Faisalabad International Airport on August 28, 2018.

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it seems like Shaheen air Post-Hajj ops. is completed on 5th Sep by performing 12 flights . all flights were performed by A330-200 (AP-BMI) :D
Any stats will be appreciated if anyone knows about SAI :!:
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Post-Hajj flights operation being completed at Multan International Airport today.

Total of forty-six post-Hajj flights transported more than eleven thousand Hajis to Multan including eleven-hundred belonging to Balochistan.

The 46 flights were:

20 x airblue flights
14 x Saudia flights
12 x PIA flights

https://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date= ... 1_13028726

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Post-Hajj flights operation completed.

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PIA post-Hajj flight completed on September 25. The airline transported more than 68,000 Hajis from Saudi Arabia through 241 scheduled and special post-Hajj flights. PIA post-Hajj flights with 95% punctuality were operated from Jeddah and Medina to various cities of Pakistan. PIA also earned revenue of SAR 1,400,000/- through excess baggage charges collected on these flights.

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Post-Hajj flights operation of airblue is also completed. airblue transported more than 28,000 Hajis through 149 flights from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan.

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Shaheen Air transported more than 4,800 Hajis from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan. Shaheen Air's post-Hajj flights operation will be completed today.

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PIA Hajj Operation Completed Successfully

Karachi, September 26, 2018
: PIA post-Hajj operation of transporting pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan concluded successfully with an overall flight punctuality of more than 95%. The last post Hajj-flight reached Karachi on Wednesday early morning.

PIA transported more than 68,500 Hujjaj through 240 Hajj and Regular scheduled flights from Jeddah and Madinah to Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Sialkot, Multan and Faisalabad stations.

It included 158 regular and 82 special flights. This includes nearly 28,868 Hujjaj through Hajj flights and 39,653 Hujjaj through regular scheduled flights to Pakistan.

Chairman & CEO PIA, Saqib Aziz has congratulated PIA hajj team members for successful completion of Hajj flights operation 2018. He praised the airline employees of flight operations, customer services, engineering, flight services, ground support and others for their valuable contributions. He said that despite certain constraints and sudden increase in number of hujjaj from Quetta, PIA was able to make it a success.

He said PIA completed its entire Hajj operation without going for any wet leased aircraft. During hajj season PIA also conducted chartered operations to Africa to transport Pakistani troops for UN mission duties.

PIA operated:

76 flights to Karachi bringing back 22,054 hajjis from Saudi Arabia
47 flights to Islamabad with 15244 Hajjis.
44 flights to Lahore with 13,610 Hajjis.
25 flights to Multan with 4,790 Hajjis.
24 flights to Peshawar with 8,072 Hajjis.
15 flights to Sialkot with 3,707 Hajjis.
9 flights to Faisalabad with 1,044 Hajjis.

PIA also carried around 6,000 hajjis from Quetta of a private airline due to its inability to operate Hajj flights.

Source: PIA Press Release
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Balochistan High Court Directs Authorities to Make Non-stop Flights Between Quetta and Jeddah Part of Hajj 2019 Policy

Balochistan High Court wrapped up proceedings of appeal filed by Balochistan traders union on the issue of Hajj flights from the province.

The court has directed authorities to include non-stop pre-Hajj and post-Hajj flights between Quetta and Jeddah as part of the Hajj 2019 Policy.

Tickets and any other charges should be refunded to Hajjis for whom connecting flights from Karachi to Quetta were not arranged in post-Hajj flight operations of 2018.

https://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPup ... e=20181115

The troubled Shaheen Air was unable make promised arrangements for air transportation pilgrims between Quetta and Saudi Arabia in convenient way during Hajj 2018. The intending pilgrims had to be flown from Quetta to Karachi and Multan from where they were flown by PIA and Saudia. A number of Shaheen Air post-Hajj flights passengers were flown from Karachi to Quetta by PIA

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