KARACHI: A Shaheen Air International (SAI) flight carrying 216 Haj pilgrims who were stranded at Madina airport landed in Karachi early Sunday morning.
According to details, the SAI flight (NL-704) brought the Haj pilgrims back home from Madina where they were stranded owing to suspension of the SAI's flight operation.
Yesterday, a spokesperson of the CAA said the airline’s licence had been restored for the purpose of post-Haj operation.
He said more than 325 Haj pilgrims had been left stranded in Madina for the…
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has restored the licence of the Shaheen Air International (SAI) to run its operations in order to bring back Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.
The CAA spokesperson said the airline’s licence has been restored for the purpose of post-Haj operation.
He said more than 325 Haj pilgrims have been left stranded at Madina airport for the last 24 hours. The permission to repatriate them was granted solely on humanitarian grounds, he added.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had…