News: Air India to operate more flights for Haj pilgrims

(BL 03/11/2006) Thiruvananthapuram - Air India (AI) will operate four additional flights from Thiruvananthapuram to Jeddah in the first week of this month for persons going on the Haj pilgrimage.

According to a release issued by AI on Friday, these flights will be operated from December 3 to 6 on a daily basis. The flights will depart at 11.15 am (local time) and reach Jeddah at 3 pm (Saudi time).

Each flight will be operated with an Airbus 310 aircraft with a capacity of 201 seats. For the benefit of Haj pilgrims, each passenger will be permitted 30 kg of baggage.