New Delhi: The passengers of Air India flights AI964 and AI966 are now allowed to carry holy water canisters (Zamzam) within their permissible baggage allowance, the national carrier stated on Tuesday. The carrier also apologised to the passengers for the inconvenience caused to them in the past.

#FlyAI : With reference to instructions regarding non carriage of Zamzam cans, on AI966 and AI964, we wish to clarify that passengers are allowed to carry Zamzam cans within their permissible baggage allowance.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.

— Air India (@airindiain) July 9, 2019

Air India had notified Haj pilgrims and travel agents that its flights operating on the Jeddah-Kochi and Jeddah-Hyderabad-Mumbai routes will not allow holy water from Mecca on them till September 15. The circular issued by Air India's Jeddah office on July 4, had gone viral and left pilgrims, their relatives and tour operators worried.