First Hajj flights take off
The Jeddah-bound first Hajj flight carrying some 518 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia took off from Zia International Airport on Wednesday noon.
The first group of 282 Chinese Muslims from northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region left for performance of Hajj when direct charter flights took off from the Yinchuan Hedong Airport for nine-hour journey to Saudi Arabia on Monday.