Jeddah airport allows pilgrims to carry Zamzam water

Jeddah airport allows pilgrims to carry Zamzam water

Saudi Gazette report

JEDDAH — King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) of Jeddah announced that it is now allowed for the Hajj pilgrims, who are returning to their countries, to carry Zamzam water on board the international flights.

KAIA noted that the pilgrim is allowed to purchase only one five-liter Zamzam water bottle through one of the points of sale at the airport premises. The airport authorities have clarified that it has allocated a separate path for Zamzam water, and it is not allowed to carry Zamzam within the checked-in baggage.

The authorities also alerted that, in the coming phase, the airport is preparing to broadcast many awareness and educational messages through all media platforms so as to disseminate them among the pilgrims at their places of residence in Makkah. KAIA aims, through this initiative, to deliver information to pilgrims about all the necessary instructions with regard to handling and shipment of baggage at the airport.

The airport authorities have stated that they will publish the information through newspapers and e-newspapers, and social media platforms, as well as via text messages regarding baggage shipment and the most important tips related to it, and awareness messages with regard to shipment of Zamzam water. It has also