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JEDDAH – The National Water Company (NWC) has started distribution of Zamzam water bottles among the people of Makkah in the first phase of a national drive. Home delivery of the holy water to the applicants will be made in (...)
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JEDDAH — The Haramain High Speed Train resumed on Wednesday its service between Jeddah and Madinah after a gap of nearly two and a half months.
This was for the first time, the train started operation from the railway station of (...)
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JEDDAH — Around 90 percent of the work of the new temporary track of the Haramain High Speed Rail, with a length of 1.5 km, has been completed. Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, sources said that the new track would not pass through (...)
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JEDDAH – A contract to carry out feasibility studies about implementing sea taxi service in Jeddah will be signed in the near future. This was announced by Dr. Osama Abdu, chairman of Jeddah Metro Company.
Speaking to Okaz/Saudi (...)
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JEDDAH — The Haramain High Speed Train transported 116,000 passengers between Makkah, Madinah, King Abdullah Economic City of Rabigh and Jeddah during the holy month of Ramadan.
There has been a huge increase in the number of (...)
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MAKKAH — The Ministry of Haj and Umrah will introduce a new category of Haj services for domestic pilgrims, featuring the lowest cost for performing the annual pilgrimage.
The fourth category will be introduced for this year's Haj (...)
Dr. Jabarah Bin Eid Al-Suraisiry, Minister of Transport, will inspect next week Al-Haramain train tracks and stations in Makkah, Madina, Jeddah and Rabegh. He will be accompanied by Eng. Abdul Aziz Al-Huqail, President of Saudi Railways (...)
Large quantities of cement are to be rushed to regions such as Makkah and Madina over the next few days. The move comes as cement factories and companies are working hard to increase cement supplies amid reports of shortages.
It follows a warning (...)
Saudi Arabian Airlines has confirmed that an extra 14 large planes have been chartered to transport pilgrims during the upcoming Umrah season. The announcement comes as it was revealed that 23 planes carrying 8,000 passengers from Kuwait, Bahrain (...)
time and part-time cleaning staff working round the clock to keep the Grand Mosque spotless during the holy month of Ramadan.
•The mammoth task is assisted by the use of over 300 cleaning machines to confront a daily 40 tons of garbage collected (...)
Three foreign companies will sign contracts on Wednesday for commercial management of the international airports in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Civil Aviation, and (...)
The General Authority for Civil Aviation has warned that it will cash in bank guarantees paid by airline companies if they fail to operate flights according to schedule.
Airlines pay bank guarantees as part of their commitment to Haj schedules and (...)
The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has set the month of Muharram, which begins on Dec. 29, as the date for laying the foundations of new terminals at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport here. Eng. Abdullah Ruheimi, president of (...)
A circular has been distributed to girls' schools instructing teachers to stop making unnecessary demands in pupil's materials.
Othman Abdul Jabbar, Education Undersecretary for Girls' Education, said that students asked to bring to class (...)
Jeddah's Grain Silos and Flour Mills Company has stored 700,000 bags of flour with an eye to the needs of the coming Haj season and avoiding the repetition of previous shortages. Company director Ali Sanqouf said that sales have exceeded SR1.8 (...)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has warned passengers who do not use confirmed reservations and fail to cancel them. The national carrier incurs heavy losses due to this phenomenon, said Ghunaim Rashid Al-Ghunaim, General Manager of Unified (...)
The arrival terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) is scheduled to be expanded after the summer season, Engineer Mazen Khashokgi, the Airport's chief, has said.
The new expansion covers the old arrival terminal and has been (...)
The Director General of the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Authority in Makkah said over 500,000 bags of flour have been supplied to the Jeddah Makkah market to meet the 50 percent increase in flour demand during Ramadan.
Ali Sangouf said the silos (...)
Operations started Thursday at the newly expanded North Terminal at Jeddah's King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA).
The terminal, expanded by more than 5,000 square meters to 29,000 square meters, can now handle passengers for up to 12 (...)