At 01:10 local time on the night of June 17-18, the first group of pilgrims consisting of 245 people left Tashkent for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
According to Uzbekistan Airports, three more flights were organized to transport other pilgrims from Tashkent at 02:50, 04:10 and 16:10 on the same day. From June 18 to June 30, several flights will be performed to Medina from seven regions of Uzbekistan.
This year, the largest number of pilgrims is from Namangan - 3,916 people on 16 flights. The number of pilgrims from Tashkent is slightly lower - 3,587 people on 15 flights. Five planes with 1,209 passengers on board are expected to make three flights from Karshi, 735 people will go to Hajj from Samarkand and 717 people from Bukhara.
Visitors arrive at the airport in special buses and are placed in a waiting area after check-in. However, during these flights, traffic on the overpass of the capital's airport will be temporarily restricted, and access to the terminal will be for passengers only.
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan has advised pilgrims to see their relatives off at mosques before the trip, rather than at the airport, in order to avoid congestion around the terminal.
Additional conditions and facilities have been created at the airports of the republic for pilgrims. At Tashkent airport, two waiting rooms in Zone B have been repaired and put into operation to accommodate passengers on these flights, where a sufficient number of seats have been installed.
