Regulating Hajj Operations

Hajj operation is the airlift of pilgrims to Mecca and Medina for the annual pilgrimage exercise. Pilgrims are usually airlifted from Nigeria to Prince Muham the airline. What is peculiar about airlifting pilgrims to the Holy Land is that most of the passengers transport procedures; many of them may not be educated to take instructions in the communicate to them in the languages they puts a strain on airport facilities and even the airlines that airlift them also operate under so much logistics pressure because of the nature of the operations. airlifted to the Holy Land but the airlines that fly them to their destination usually abandon them or delay in bringing them back. Hajj operation; that after every pilgrimage to the Holy Land there used to be lamentation of families of those abandoned and others bring all the passengers they airlifted back to their home destinations. Dr. Harold Demuren that drastically reduced such incidents by ensuring that the airlines safety measures; that they had the capacity to carry out the operations and that they bring the pilgrims back. the airlines and shortlisted those that could effectively do the airlift. That eventually brought to an end the abandonment of Nigerians in the Holy Land. the regulatory authority no more select the airlines that do the airlift; the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) does and “they use the criteria they like to do that but airlines meet given regulatory conditions.” said that part of the regulatory challenges for international operations are used for that the plan for the Hajj operations start about Management Agency ( NAMA) to ensure that there is hitch – free operation. “The preparation takes a lot of meetings and it is during this time that the airlines are selected. So before the short period for the airlift itself a lot of things happen and since the airlines; NAHCON does that. In the past joined in airlifting Nigerian pilgrims to the Holy Bankole said the domestic carriers have the that the market is open for others. “It is not correct that Nigerian airlines do not partner. Max Air has about three airplanes - riers can airlift. I repeat it; it is less for us to Bankole said. explained that their return flights had already started airlifting pilgrims such incidents had never occurred in its operations. On the possibility of some pilgrims miss remarked that such incidents have drastically reduced and observed that the need for because it helps to identify them and to foreclose the chance of such disappearance in groups.