Kuwaiti pilgrims return from Saudi Arabia on 40 flights

Kuwaiti pilgrims return from Saudi Arabia on 40 flights

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti pilgrims started on Saturday returning home after concluding the rituals at the sacred places in Saudi Arabia. The first flight bringing the pilgrims back home touched down at Kuwait International Airport at 9:35 am on Saturday. A Saudi airways plane arrived off the terminal T-1 with 330 pilgrims on board, said Mansour Al-Hashemi, the director of operations at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in a statement to KUNA. A total of 25 flights for the returning pilgrims are scheduled for Sunday.

They are set to fly back 8,135 pilgrims, Al-Hashemi added. According to the scheduled flights, the total number of flights dedicated to the return of pilgrims from Saudi Arabia amounts to about 40 flights taking pilgrims from both Jeddah and Madinah. The DGCA has worked out an integrated plan to facilitate procedures for the returning devotees. It confirmed its preparations to receive the returning pilgrims in cooperation with the concerned government agencies, headed by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Awqaf, the General Administration of Customs and airlines, as well as ground service providers.

No serious violations recorded The Director of the Hajj Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Sattam Al-Muzayin, confirmed