The hujjaj were given a warm welcome upon arrival at the airport by the officials of Ministry of Religious Affairs and PIA. Earlier in the day, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony's spokesperson had said that three airlines including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would participate in the flight operation in 10 cities including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Sukkur and Sialkot. The flight operation would continue till September 15. The ministry had offered optimum facilities to pilgrims during their stay in Saudi Arabia. A total of 187 ministry officials, 469 medical missions, 545 Pakistan Muavineen-e-Hujjaj belonging to Police and Scouts and 900 local Muavineen-e-Hujjaj were deployed to facilitate the pilgrims during hajj-2019.
In an interview with Radio Pakistan, Assistant Director Ministry of Religious Affairs Jamilur Rehman has said that the last hajj flight will land on 15th of the next month at Multan Airport to culminate the hajj flight operation. He said that a pilgrim can get the complete information about his return schedule by visiting www.hajjinfo.org and entering his hajj application number or Computerized National Identity Card number.