At the start of the process of transporting tourism pilgrims back home after they completed the Hajj rituals, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities continued to follow the departure of the pilgrims' return flights for the 1446 AH / 2025 Hajj season, which began yesterday from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. So far, 28 flights have departed carrying 2,200 Egyptian tourism pilgrims.
The Ministry of Tourism said the remaining return flights of tourism pilgrims are scheduled to continue over the coming days from King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah, alongside the return trips of the overland tourism Hajj.
For her part, Samia Samy, Assistant Minister for Tourism Companies Affairs, head of the official tourism Hajj mission and head of the Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah, stated that the total number of tourism pilgrims returning on flights this season is 33,172.
She noted that tourism companies began the day before yesterday transporting their pilgrims from Mina to Makkah in preparation for performing the Farewell Tawaf, marking the end of the Hajj rituals, followed by the start of the return trips, which will continue successively until all tourism pilgrims have returned home. She praised the distinguished organization of this year's tourism Hajj season and the success of the plan to move pilgrims to the holy sites in accordance with the approved regulations.
To facilitate the transport operations, Samia Samy announced that two subcommittees of the tourism Hajj mission have been assigned to King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah to follow the return flights directly and provide all the necessary facilities to ensure the safety and comfort of tourism pilgrims.
The ministry's other committees currently in Saudi Arabia continue to follow, around the clock, the return procedures of all tourism pilgrims, along with daily follow-up on the conditions of pilgrims currently staying in Makkah and Madinah who are completing the approved programs of tourism companies before their return date.
