Hajj 2025: MAX Air, Air Peace, 2 others to transport Nigerian pilgrims

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Hajj 2025: MAX Air, Air Peace, 2 others to transport Nigerian pilgrims 

The Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman on Sunday announced that four airlines have been selected to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj.

The Syndicate reports that the airlines are Air Peace Limited, Fly-Nas, Max Air, and UMZA Aviation Services Limited.

“These carriers were selected out of the 11 companies that submitted applications for the airlift of Nigerian Muslim pilgrims,” he said.

According to a statement issued by Fatima Sanda Usara, Assistant Director, Information and Publication, the air carriers were screened and shortlisted by a 32-member committee.

The Aviation Screening Committee included representatives of State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, three members from Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and one member each from Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), and Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB).

The rest were one member each from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), as well as NAHCON Board members representing each geo-political zone, among others.

The chairman also announced the selection of three excess cargo carriers for the 2025 Hajj.

They are Aglow Aviation Support Services Limited, Cargozeal Technology Limited and Qualla Investment Limited.

He congratulated the successful companies and charged them to discharge their duties responsibility.

Meanwhile, the NAHCON chairman has signed the 2025 Hajj Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on behalf of Nigeria, while Saudi Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr Abdulfatah Masahat, signed for his country.

The MoU was signed on Sunday in Jeddah to formalise the 2025 Hajj engagements.

Usman was accompanied by the Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello; Chairman House Committee on Muslim Pilgrimage, Hon. Jafaru Muhammed Ali; Nigeria’s Chargé de Affairs in Riyadh, Dr Ibrahim Modibbo; Nigeria’s Consul General in Jeddah, Ambassador Mu’azzam I. J. Nayaya, and Ambassador Mahmud Lele of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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