PIA schedule flights

ISLAMABAD—More then 160,000 people would be dispatched to Saudi Arabia by total 385 flights of Pakistan International Airline PIA and Saudi Airline for performing Hajj this year.
In an exclusive chat with INP on Thursday, the spokesman of Ministry of Religious Affairs Raja Aftabul Islam said that at least 28,054 pilgrims had so far been reached Saudi Arabia by 73 flights for performing Hajj.

He said that the Hajj Operation to air lift the pilgrims was jointly started by PIA and Saudi Airline form October 21 and would be end on November 25.The Spokesman of the Ministry of Religious Affairs said that according to PIA schedule, at least 78 flights from Islamabad, 52 from Peshawar and 91 flights from Lahore would dispatch the pilgrims for Hajj, adding that 98 flights from Karachi, 31 from Quetta, 5 planes from Rahim Yar Khan and 2 flights from Sukkur would brought the pilgrims Saudi Arabia.Raja Aftabul Islam said that 19 flights from Faisalabad and 8 flights from Sialkot would reach the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for performing the Hajj 2009. PIA had already issued schedule of total 385 flights in this regard, he maintained.