By Akram Medhat
Safwat Moslem, chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company, said that since the start of the 1438 AH/2017 Hajj season on August 9 and until today, the company has flown 33,500 pilgrims to the Holy Land on 145 flights.
He added that Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Medina received about 17,500 pilgrims on 75 flights, while King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah saw the arrival of about 16,000 pilgrims on 70 flights, stressing that the company had made all the necessary arrangements to ease the journey of the guests of the Most Merciful to the Hijaz to perform this year's Hajj rituals.
He said the company is scheduled to operate 22 flights today, Friday, carrying about 4,600 pilgrims, including 16 flights, all departing from Cairo International Airport to Jeddah, carrying 3,100 pilgrims: lottery pilgrims from Cairo, Alexandria and Menoufia; waiver and Social Solidarity pilgrims from Giza, Dakahlia and Gharbia governorates; the missions of the Ministries of Social Solidarity and Interior; work groups; and transit pilgrims from Paris and London, in addition to tourism company pilgrims, foreigners and individuals, as well as two special flights carrying Palestinian pilgrims.
Medina airport will also receive 6 flights today, all departing from Cairo International Airport, carrying 1,500 pilgrims: lottery pilgrims from Menoufia, Social Solidarity pilgrims from Giza and Dakahlia, and transit pilgrims from Tunis, Brussels, Amsterdam, Nairobi, Milan, Toronto, Paris and London, as well as work groups, foreign pilgrims and individuals.
He noted that the company is scheduled to operate 21 flights tomorrow, Saturday, carrying 5,030 pilgrims, including 12 flights to Jeddah carrying 2,610 pilgrims, 10 of them departing from Cairo International Airport and two from Sharm El-Sheikh and Borg El Arab airports, carrying lottery pilgrims from Cairo and Beni Suef; waiver and Social Solidarity pilgrims from Fayoum, Minya, Alexandria and New Valley; transit pilgrims from Johannesburg, London and Frankfurt; the Interior Ministry mission; tourism Hajj pilgrims; and work groups.
As for Medina flights, EgyptAir will operate 9 flights, 5 from Cairo International Airport and 4 from Borg El Arab Airport, carrying 2,420 pilgrims: lottery pilgrims from Menoufia; Social Solidarity pilgrims from Beheira, Alexandria and Marsa Matrouh; and transit pilgrims from Milan, Rome, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Johannesburg.
