RIYADH — In implementing the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has completed its preparations and taken all the necessary measures and procedures to serve Saudi citizens located abroad who wish to return to the Kingdom. In a statement, GACA chief Abdulhadi Al-Mansouri claimed that GACA has completed its preparations and took all necessary measures and procedures, where it prepared the Kingdom's international airports (King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam), to receive flights of those Saud citizens wanting to return to the Kingdom, all the while following certain measures and health procedures. GACA, in cooperation with the relevant government agencies, is working to provide flights for the citizens' return plan, in coordination with the national carrier, Saudi Arabian Airlines, he said. GACA has prepared a joint operating room in all three international airports with the participation of each of (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Presidency of State Security), with the aim of coordinating and unifying efforts between the relevant government agencies to receive Saudi citizens who wish to return to the Kingdom. Furthermore, GACA took all precautionary and preventive measures needed to combat the novel coronaviruses, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health. GACA is preparing departure and arrival points, aircraft crews and airports to ensure the application of the necessary precautionary measures in this regard.
