The Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA) has signed an agreement with the Algerian airlines. Under the agreement, SAA will transport 14,000 Algerian pilgrims to the Holy Places during this year's pilgrimage season. Director of SAA's office in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya Mahir Shukri said in a statement to SPA that under the agreement, SAA will transport 10,000 Algerian pilgrims from the Capital Algiers and 4000 pilgrims from Wahran to the Holy Places. He noted that the flights will start from 18th of the lunar month of Zil-Qa'eda up to the fifth of Zil-Hijja, two flights on daily bases from Algiers and one flight from Wahran to Jeddah and Madinah aboard airbus planes.
