First batch of 377 Haj pilgrims to Medina flagged off from Cochin International Airport

The first batch of 377 Haj pilgrims to Medina was flagged off from the Cochin International Airport on Saturday morning. Kerala Minister of Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage V. Abdurahiman flagged off the Saudi Arabian Airlines flight carrying the pilgrims in the presence of  Minister of Ports Ahamed Devarkovil, Central Haj Committee Chairman A. P. Abdullakutty and



others.

In all, twenty flights will be flying 7224 pilgrims from the Cochin International Airport for the Haj pilgrimage till the 16th of June. Of these, 5,758 pilgrims are from Kerala and the remaining from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.