On Thursday, the second day of Tashreeq, pilgrims will throw stones at the three pillars again and spend the night in their tents for the third day | All Non Saudis Expats who were waiting for a long time can now come to Saudi Arabia International Flights Open Now in Saudi Please refer to the airlines schedule for flight availability |
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However, the integrated services will continue to be provided until the pilgrims complete their rituals and leave Makkah to return home | Saudi Arabian Airlines said it has completed preparations to operate flights to 71 destinations from 95 airports, including 28 domestic and 43 international destinations |
Also eligible are people with humanitarian cases, students on scholarships or medical fellowship programmes, and sports teams.
13Water sprinklers offered welcome refreshment to the partially cloudy weather of the location, where temperatures reached as high as 38 degrees Celsius 100 degrees Fahrenheit | 13 x Boeing 787-9s While Saudia says it will resume international flights on May 17, we still do not know which countries it will be allowed to fly to because of government restrictions |
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Taking precautionary measures into consideration, hundreds of pilgrims were seen photographing the pillars, tents and giant facility of the Jamarat Bridge | Exceptions to the travel ban include Saudi Citizens and their families and accompanying workers , Diplomats, Health Practitioners and their families upon providing a negative result of PCR test certificate for non-Saudi nationals over eight years old |
The authority said they may continue suspending travel to specific countries where the coronavirus pandemic situation remains bad.
4Despite this positive step forward, the GACA remains understandably keen to enforce preventative measures to minimize the spread of coronavirus | The General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia GACA has outlined plans to resume international flights from 17 May |
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The Ministry of Interior announced that citizens would be permitted to travel and all ports would reopen as of 1 a | However, the authority may continue to suspend travelling to those countries where the situation of the pandemic continues to be detrimental |
In January, the ministry banned travel to Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Belarus, and India were the outbreak is till not under control or were the mutated strain is being spread.
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