Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

17 Dec 2019

SCAT Airlines launches direct flights to Jeddah and Madinah

SCAT Airlines, one of the largest air carriers transporting Kazakhstan passengers to the neighboring countries and beyond for 22 successful years, started operating flights on the routes Almaty-Jeddah (on Wednesdays) and Almaty-Madinah (on Saturdays) on Boeing-757 aircraft. The flight, taking approximately 5 hours travel time, will leave every Saturday and Wednesday from the Kazakh capital.

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16 Dec 2019

Roads near Grand Mosque to have safe deposit boxes

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Makkah Municipality have agreed to set up safe deposit boxes on major roads leading to the Grand Mosque for the worshipers to keep their belongings which they cannot take with them inside the Haram, according to Makkah daily on Monday.

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16 Dec 2019

Haramain High Speed Railway to resume trips to Makkah Wednesday

The Director General for Operation and Maintenance in the Haramain High Speed Railway Eng. Rayyan Al-Harbi has announced that operation of railway trips to Makkah will resume on Wednesday, after completion of the “alternative railway route”, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said Monday.

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