Hajj 2027: Air Arabia Selected to Carry Pilgrims from Kyrgyzstan
Translated from Russian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Air Arabia will carry 6,060 pilgrims from Kyrgyzstan to Saudi Arabia and back for the 2027 Hajj.
- An interagency commission selected the airline in a competition held on Sept. 2.
- Flyadeal handled the transport in 2026, while Flyadeal and Jazeera Airways served pilgrims the previous year.
Air Arabia will transport 6,060 pilgrims from Kyrgyzstan to Saudi Arabia for the 2027 Hajj, according to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan.
An interagency commission organizing the pilgrimage selected the airline on Sept. 2 following a competitive process. Air Arabia received the right to carry the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and return them to Kyrgyzstan.
Saudi airline Flyadeal transported Kyrgyz pilgrims in 2026. The year before, Flyadeal and Jazeera Airways handled the service.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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