Aviation ministry to organise travel for Haj pilgrims

New Delhi: Giving approval to this year's Haj travel plans, the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided that the air travel arrangements for 1, 25,000 pilgrims from India would be made by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Those going on a pilgrim will be carried from 21 embarkation points through charted flights.
Bhopal and Goa have been added as new embarkation points this year.
Each pilgrim going on Haj through Haj Committee of India will pay Rs 16,000 (plus airport charges) as air fare and the balance air fare (cost of operations) will be borne by the government, a statement issued after the Cabinet meet said.
A total of 1, 25,000 pilgrims out of 1, 70,000 will go through Haj Committee of India.
This year most of the pilgrims will be carried by Saudi Arabian Airlines, National Private Air Services Company Limited and Al-Wafeer Air which have been selected through a sealed tender process.
Air India will coordinate the operations and provide support on cost basis.
16/09/10 Deccan Herald

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