Inaugural Haj flight takes off from Karipur

Malappuram: The first Haj flight under the State Haj Committee took off from Calicut International Airport at Karipur on Wednesday afternoon carrying 215 pilgrims to Jeddah. Minister in charge of Haj Affairs Paloli Mohammed Kutty flagged off the inaugural flight AI 2451 at 12 midday, which took off 35 minutes later.
Air India operated A300-B4 aircraft, the first twin-engine wide-body aircraft in the world produced by Airbus in 1976, for the inaugural Haj flight from Karipur. Air India will fly six more A300-B4 to carry Haj pilgrims from Karipur.
The second flight will leave Karipur at 12.45 p.m. on Thursday. There will be three flights each on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There will be 31 Haj flights till December 6 to carry 8,243 pilgrims under the State Haj Committee.
22/11/07 The Hindu

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