Jeddah airport gets ready for busy Umrah season

Jeddah airport gets ready for busy Umrah season

JEDDAH: At this important time, the managers and administration team at King Abdulaziz International Airport are getting ready for the busy Umrah season which will start from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and will continue until the beginning of Shawal. Typically, the airport receives more than 4 million Umrah pilgrims who arrive on about 27,000 flights throughout the season.

Turki Al-Deeb, director of public relations and information at King Abdulaziz International Airport, said that since the beginning of this current Umrah season (from the middle of last Hijri month of Safar until last Friday), more than 2.4 million Umrah pilgrims arrived in the Kingdom on 18,148 flights, against 1.78 million people who left the Kingdom boarding 9,750 flights.

“The management of the Haj and Umrah complex at the airport have been working since the beginning of Rajab to recruit about 7,000 employees representing 27 government and public sectors in preparation for the peak days of arrival, given that the movement of Umrah pilgrims has now started to pick up and will continue during the last 10 days of Ramadan until the first days of Shawal,” said the director of public relations and media.

He said that the movement at the airport in general is streamlined and continues to flow easily around the clock despite the high density of arrivals and departures of pilgrims, adding that the workers and employees at the airport are using maximum efforts to provide the best services for worshipers and visitors.

He also confirmed the increasing numbers of Umrah pilgrims compared to the same period last year, expecting the total number of Umrah pilgrims coming through King Abdulaziz International Airport to reach more than 8 million by the end of the season.

He emphasized the fact that the procedures for the arrivals and departures are running smoothly in all lounges allocated for such services.

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 Article by: arabnews.com