Saudia Group airlines lay on 1.2 million seats for Hajj travel

Saturday, 15 Jun, 2023 0

Saudia Group airlines – Saudi Airlines, flyadeal, and Saudi Private Aviation are allocating 1.2 million seats for Hajj travel globally.

The integrated plan includes optimising the group’s combined fleet of 164 aircraft, with the additional 12 aircraft.

Saudia group will transport Hajj travellers from more than 100 scheduled destinations plus 14 seasonal destinations.

Flights operate to six Saudi airports – Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Medina, Taif, and Yanbu.

All other Saudia Group subsidiaries, including Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries and Saudi Ground Services (SGS) will operate at full capacity during the Hajj season.

Amer Alkhushail, Chief Hajj and Umrah Officer at Saudia Group, said: “This operational plan is in line with the directives of the Supreme Hajj Committee and in cooperation with the Ministry of Hajj and the Pilgrim Experience Program.”

Saudia has concluded a number of operational agreements to serve pilgrims in many countries.

To provide an enriching travel experience for pilgrims, Saudia has updated its in-flight Islamic content including religious programs.

The updates include more than 134 hours of various religious programs and 590 hours of Quran recitations.

Many Islamic programs are available in several languages such as Arabic, English, Indonesian, Chinese and other languages.

Saudia’s Inflight Entertainment system offers a large collection of educational e-books on how to perform Hajj and Umrah in more than 14 languages.

Learn more about : Saudia ( United Kingdom )

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