RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airline’s Haj operation, which began on April 29, concluded successfully on May 31, transporting 42,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

A spokesman for PIA said that a total of 147 Haj flights were operated to transport 42,400 pilgrims to the holy land.

These flights include 35,000 government pilgrims, 4,000 private pilgrims, and more than 3,000 pilgrims left behind by other airlines during the closure of domestic airspace, said the spokesman.

He said that the national carrier’s Haj flight schedule regularity ratio remained above 90 per cent.

PIA’s post-Haj operation will begin from June 10, 2025, said the spokesperson.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2025