• Nigerian Government Approves Four Airlines For 2025 Hajj Operations

  • Jan 13 2025
  • Length: 1 min
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Nigerian Government Approves Four Airlines For 2025 Hajj Operations

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  • The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers for pilgrims of the 2025 Hajj. The Executive Chairman, of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Usman says the four airlines were selected out of the 11 companies that submitted applications to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Muslim pilgrimage. He says the four approved airlines are Air Peace Ltd., Fly-Nas, a Saudi Arabia-designated airline, Max Air, and UMZA Aviation Services Ltd. He stated that the airlines were screened and shortlisted by a team of 32 members that the NAHCON inaugurated on Nov. 26, 2024. Usman explained that the composition of the Aviation Screening Committee included representatives from State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, three members from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and one member each from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.

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