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Gurgaon, 4 August, 2016: SpiceJet, India’s favourite budget airline
ushered in India’s Hajj season for the year as it flagged off its first flight
dedicated to the special operation from Gaya. The Airbus 320 which departed on its
schedule time of 11.30 am from the Gaya airport carried 135 passengers onboard.
The flag off ceremony was accomplished by Shri Dr. Abdul Ghafoor, Honourable Minister of
Minority Affairs Bihar, Shri Kumar Ravi District Magistrate Gaya, Mr. Dilip Kumar
Airport Director Gaya Airport and Mr. Sumant Rautela Head of Ground Services SpiceJet
along with the esteemed members of the Hajj Committee
SpiceJet is all set to carry more than 8000 pilgrims on special flights for the grand
annual Islamic pilgrimage Hajj in Mecca from Gaya and Indore.
Mr. GP Gupta, Chief Administrative Officer and Accountable Manager, SpiceJet
said “Hajj is a lifetime experience and SpiceJet will make every effort to ensure a
hassle-free and delightful travel experience for all its passengers by delivering high
on on-time performance and critical etiquettes ensuring absolute passenger
satisfaction. We are grateful for being made a part of this humane operation and wish
all our pilgrim passengers a wonderful stay at Mecca this year.”
The airline has deployed two Airbus 320 to ferry pilgrims from Gaya and Indore
respectively. The flights will be operated from the two Indian cities to Jeddah and
Madina between 4th August and 3rd September 2016. The return journey for the pilgrims
back to Gaya is scheduled from 21st September and to Indore from 1st October. The whole
activity is expected to be executed by 20th October 2016.
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