The Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) has concluded its global Hajj transport operation for the year 2022 following a successful pilgrimage season. The last group of this year's pilgrims departed on flight SV5712 from Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, bound for Hyderabad, India. The 347 Hajj Pilgrims on board were seen off by Chief Hajj and Umrah Officer at SAUDIA Amer Alkhushail. SAUDIA commenced the first phase of its Hajj operation on 6th June by welcoming the first inbound Hajj flight. On 14th July, SAUDIA operated the first outbound Hajj flights departing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With the completion of the Hajj operations, SAUDIA has flown more than 350,000 Hajj pilgrims overall. As many as 120,000 pilgrims were transported in and out of the Kingdom aboard 300 dedicated Hajj flights in addition to the 230,000 pilgrims on scheduled and extra flights. During this year's Hajj season, SAUDIA introduced the "Luggage First" initiative; a free service to transport groups of Hajj travelers' baggage from their residence in Makkah and Medina 24 hours before take-off. The service delivered 280,000 pieces of baggage.
