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Mar 1, 2007 (newstodate): The annual Hajj flights constitute a major, big-volume logistics maneouvre.
The Icelandic carrier Air Atlanta Icelandic has been involved in Hajj operations for more than 20 years, and this year the carrier used six Boeing 747-300 and one Airbus A310-300 to lift about 227,000 pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from various places in the Far East as well as the Gulf region.
However large the figure may seem, it stil constituted only 6.5 percent of the total passenger volumes transported.
The Icelandic carrier Air Atlanta Icelandic has been involved in Hajj operations for more than 20 years, and this year the carrier used six Boeing 747-300 and one Airbus A310-300 to lift about 227,000 pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from various places in the Far East as well as the Gulf region.
However large the figure may seem, it stil constituted only 6.5 percent of the total passenger volumes transported.