Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Yemenia will operate 10 chartered flights - six from Johannesburg and four from Durban. The flights operated by Egypt Air and Saudia are scheduled ones on Saturdays and Mondays. Saudia will operate six direct flights to Madinah, each carrying 400 pilgrims. The return flights begin Jan. 24, 2005, with the last one on Feb. 19, when the delegation also departs. Those arriving in Madinah on Saudia flights will return home on South African Airways from Jeddah. Of the 40 members, 22 arrived on Monday with Haffejee and Hartley. They have already performed Umrah and will visit Madinah soon. The mission includes a medical team of six doctors and six nurses. "Our main priority is to serve the pilgrims from South Africa," said Haffejee, who performed Haj in 2002. "I see a lot of construction work going on. The government is trying to make it easy for the pilgrims with better facilities and management. I am very happy," he added. Hartley performed his first Haj in 1999. He came again the next year. Last year, he was a member of the Haj mission.
