Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has informed the State that the ticket rate for the Haj pilgrimage flight from the Calicut airport has been brought down substantially.
In response to a letter by K.V. Thomas, special representative of the State government in New Delhi, who sought to reduce the Haj pilgrimage ticket rates from Kozhikode, Mr. Scindia said a Haj Air Travel Committee (HATC) was constituted to facilitate arrangements for Haj air charter operations.
The HATC consists of representatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA), Haj Committee of India (HCol), Consul General of India, Jeddah, Airports Authority of India (AAl) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
