Jeddah, The Deputy Governor of the Makkah Region, Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz, chaired a meeting in Jeddah today, along with Minister of Transport and Logistic Services Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser and other officials to review the readiness of the transport and logistics system for this year’s Hajj season, 1445 AH.
The system has allocated over 7,700 air flights and has received around 6,000 pilgrims through Jeddah Islamic Port. It has also provided services to facilitate the movement of pilgrims from their arrival in Saudi Arabia until they safely return home.
The meeting also discussed the transport system’s role among the enabling entities and its contribution to serving the pilgrims.
The transport system’s readiness plan includes assigning 47,000 personnel to prepare six airports to receive pilgrims, with four national carriers supporting the transport of pilgrims.
Specialized halls for beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative and those arriving from seven countries have been prepared
, and the system will provide 150 aircraft and 5,000 air flights with one million-seat capacity for pilgrim transport.
Additionally, the system has introduced new initiatives and services for the Hajj season.
During the meeting, the Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services highlighted maintenance work on the roads serving the pilgrims and improvements to the roads leading to Makkah from the land ports.
New road projects, including a 50 km section of the Jeddah-Makkah direct road, have also been completed to facilitate pilgrim movement and shorten the travel time between King Abdulaziz International Airport and Makkah.
Saudi Post (SPL) is providing various services to pilgrims during the current season, including commercial publishers, official mail, and pilgrims’ parcel service’s Hajj without a bag, and bonds for the purchase of gifts and sacrifices.
Source: Saudi Press Agency