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EgyptAir operates 20 flights carrying 4,530 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for hajj

MENA , Sunday 28 Jul 2019

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File Photo: Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba during their final circling at the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage for this year in Mecca October 6, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)

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 EgyptAir will operate on Monday 20 flights carrying 4,530 pilgrims to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

The national carrier is set to operate 11 flights to Jeddah carrying 2,529 pilgrims and nine others to Medina with 2,001 passengers on board.

This year, EgyptAir is set to transport around 76,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. 

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