Mangaluru : Air India Express crew have honored Padma Shree Harekala Hajabba while he had boarded the Air India Express flight to Dammam to participate in a programme to be organized by the Jubail unit of Hidaya Foundation.

Air India Express crew who identified Hajabba immediately brought the matter to the notice of the flight captain who later introduced Hajabba to the passengers of the flight and then honoured him.

He said they were immensely pleased to have Harekala Hajabba as a passenger and hailed his contributions to the educational field.