HAJJ & UMRAH TRAVEL CONDITIONS
- SAUDIA Guests holding Umrah Visas, and planning to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, can book and issue tickets through SAUDIA’s website on all available cabin classes.
- Saudia guests who have Hajj visa and plan to visit Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj are not allowed to book and issue tickets online and have to contact the nearest Saudia office or certified travel agency by Saudi Hajj ministry to do the needful preparations.
- Saudia guests who are holding UMRAH & HAJJ visas will not be accepted via ( Riyadh, Dammam, or Yanbu ) airports within code-shared flights ( 6xxx) which operated by other airlines.”
Guests traveling with Hajj, Umrah and visit visa shall strictly follow the following instructions as per Saudi government instructions:
During the Hajj Period from 10 Dhu Alqedah 1438H (2 August 2017) to 10 Dhu Alhijja 1438H (1 September 2017) , all guests holding Visit Visa are permitted to entry Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via all International Airports (King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, or King Fahd International Airport in Dammam).
SAUDIA applies instructions and directives issued by the official authorities in Saudi Arabia regarding the transfer of SAUDIA guests who are holding visit or seasonal work visas during the Hajj (pilgrimage) season to the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. Therefore, all guests arriving during the Hajj (pilgrimage) season have to check with the embassies and consulates of Saudi Arabia in their countries to make sure that these instructions and directives allow them to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the Hajj (pilgrimage) season, noting that SAUDIA will not assume liability in the event of refusal of your travel based on the instructions issued by the official authorities in Saudi Arabia.
Umrah visa holders should enter and depart from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah or Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Yanbu only without passing through other Saudi airports.
Umrah visa holders enter from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah or Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah should depart only from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah or Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah without passing through other Saudi airports.
Umrah visa holders enter from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh or King Fahd International Airport in Dammam can depart from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, or Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah without passing through other Saudi airports.
Umrah visa holders enter and depart from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, should have confirmed tickets for the whole itinerary (international and domestic flights) via Jeddah or Madinah and the Minimum connecting time for domestic flights shouldn’t be less than (4 hours). In addition, they should be at the airport 4 hours prior to departure of the international flight that has a connected domestic flight.
Umrah Visa Holders are not allowed to perform Hajj.
- Further details about Hajj and Umrah can be obtained from the link to the Ministry of Hajj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Web site: (http://www.haj.gov.sa)
- Saudia shall not accept any claim or complain in this regard in violation of the aforementioned policy & procedures and shall accept no legal responsibility in whatsoever nature.
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