One of the approved airlines transporting Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj exercise, Aero Contractors, has assured that it would complete the airlifting of the 8,033 intending pilgrims allocated to it by the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) to the Holy Land on or before June 12.
Alhaji Liman Mohammad, the officer coordinating 2023 Hajj for Aero Contractors, gave the assurance in a statement released Sunday’s night .
He said, out of the 8,033 allocated to the airline, 3,223 pilgrims from Nasarawa, Oyo and Adamawa States have been airlifted to Saudi Arabia.
According to him the airline had moved to Lagos where it will transport about 1,500 intending pilgrims from Oyo and Lagos States in five flights, saying the company is determined to conclude the transportation of all the pilgrims assigned to it before the closure of Jeddah airport.
“So from June 12, we will be free. Jeddah International Airport will be closed on June 26, that is about 14 days after we finished our operation, by God’s grace,” he said.
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