29 Jul 2019
RIYADH: The Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ridwaan Jadwat has praised the services provided by the Kingdom to serve pilgrims, and its keenness to deliver facilities that contribute to their comfort. He also commended the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for enabling pilgrims to perform their rituals in a convenient and secure manner. This praise followed Jadwat meeting with
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29 Jul 2019
RIYADH: Hundreds of Saudi passport control students are being given special language training as part of efforts to improve communication with pilgrims traveling to the Kingdom. The Saudi General Directorate of Passports currently has 500 trainees on learning schemes covering more than 10 languages, said Brig. Gen. Dr. Saleh bin Saad Al-Merbaa, director of general
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29 Jul 2019
JEDDAH: The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has started implementing technical solutions at Jeddah’s King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) and Madinah’s Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport (PMIA) to reduce pilgrim congestion during this year’s Hajj. The GACA has merged terminal hall paths into single directions to ensure the smooth flow
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29 Jul 2019
NIC develops e-service to exempt repeating Haj for citizens and expats
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29 Jul 2019
A total of 132,126 male and female pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom via the Makkah Route Initiative (MRI) on board 329 flights during the period Dhul Qa’dah 1–25. Of these, 81,583 arrived in Jeddah and 50,354 in Madinah.
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