175 Kannadigas reach Mangaluru from Saudi Arabia in chartered flight

Mangaluru: 175 people have reached Mangaluru International Airport in a chartered flight from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, June 11.

The flight and other arrangements were made by Altaf Ullal and Basheer Sagar, directors of Saco Company.

The flight left Dammam at around 6:20 pm on Wednesday and reached here on Thursday at 1:15 AM.

“The flight was hired to help Kannagigas in distress and none of the passengers were the company’s staff. The company has already met the testing expenses for all the passengers as well,” Altaf said.