flynas ramps up Hajj charter operations

flynas (XY, Riyadh) has supplemented its Hajj charter fleet with a B747-400 sourced from Indonesia's Lion Airlines (JT, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta). PK-LHG (msn 24065) joins another B747-400 - 9M-ACM (msn 25628) - leased from Malaysia's Eaglexpress Air Charter (EZX, Kuala Lumpur Int'l), an A330-300 - sourced from AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int'l) - and a B757-200 wet-leased from Spain's Privilege Style (P6, Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan) on Hajj duty for the Saudi carrier.

As previously announced, euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) will also base seven aircraft - one B777-200(ER) and six B767-300(ER)s - out of Jeddah for flynas to ferry pilgrims from India, the CIS and Africa for pilgrimage's duration.

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Photo:José Ramon Valero