2025 Hajj: Flynas signs pilgrims airlift agreement with NAHCON
Flynas, a Saudi—designated Nigerian Hajj air carrier, has signed a pilgrims airlift agreement with the Nigerian government for 2025 operations. The 2025 Hajj pilgrims airlift agreement was signed by the Chief Commercial Officer of Flynas Mr Khaled Alhejairi, and Chairman and CEO of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman on Monday […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)
Flynas, a Saudi—designated Nigerian Hajj air carrier, has signed a pilgrims airlift agreement with the Nigerian government for 2025 operations.
The 2025 Hajj pilgrims airlift agreement was signed by the Chief Commercial Officer of Flynas Mr Khaled Alhejairi, and Chairman and CEO of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman on Monday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
The agreement was signed in the presence of the Flynas Director for Business Development Mr Yasser Ajlan, Manager Business Development Mr Hani Isma’il and Managing Director, First Planet Travels and General Sales Agent (GSA) of Flynas in Nigeria, Alhaji Umar Kaila.
Mr Alhejairi promised to sustain the airline’s sterling legacy of providing superlative services to Nigerian pilgrims.
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“We want to assure NAHCON that Flynas would continue to provide comfortable and enduring traveling experiences to our esteemed customers in Nigeria during the Hajj operation,” Mr Alhejairi has said.
He said since the grand entry of Flynas into the Nigerian Hajj ecosystem in 2014, “Our brand has continued to fulfill all its obligations to our esteemed pilgrims without let or hindrance. We are happy that our experiences in Nigeria in the last 10 years have been that of excellent service delivery to our dear pilgrims. We would continue to improve on our services for the benefit of our great pilgrims.”
Earlier in January, the Hajj commission had approved Flynas and three others: AirPeace, Max Air and Umza Aviation Services Limited for 2025 Hajj operation.
Flynas, which is the biggest of the selected airlines, has been airlifting Nigerian pilgrims to the holy land in the last 10 consecutive years without hitches.
Nigeria had announced that it would begin the airlift of its pilgrims to Saudi Arabia on May 5, 2025.
With a projected state quota pilgrims of 71,274, the Nigerian Hajj commission has preliminary allocated 22,894 pilgrims to Flynas, 9,145 to Air Peace, 23,342 to Max Air and 15,893 to Umza Air.