Kenya Airways Doubles Frequency To Jeddah For Hajj Season

Kenya Airways has doubled the frequency of flights to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia ahead of this year’s Hajj season.

Between 03 September 2013 and 10 November 2013, the airline will increase the number of flights to Jeddah, the gateway to the Islamic Holy City of Mecca, from the current twice weekly to four times a week.

This year’s Hajj season which is marked annually by Muslims with a pilgrimage to Mecca will be observed in October.

Kenya Airways’ Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director, Dr. Titus Naikuni, said that the additional flights will ensure that there is capacity to ferry the pilgrims making the annual religious trips through Nairobi.

“In line with our objective of connecting Africa to the rest of the world, the additional flights to Jeddah will enable pilgrims travelling to Mecca to seamlessly connect through our Nairobi hub,” added Dr. Naikuni.

The additional flights are timed to enable connections to Jeddah from key markets in Africa such as Dzaudzi in the Comoros, Lagos in Nigeria, Douala in Cameroon, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lilongwe in Malawi and Johannesburg in South Africa.

Under the new schedule the route will be operated by flight code KQ330 and KQ331 on each of the four days. Flight K 330 will depart from Nairobi at 20:25 hours, arriving at Jeddah at 00:25 hours the following day.  The return flight KQ331 from Jeddah will take off at 01:45 hours, landing in Nairobi at 05:45 hours.

The Islamic religion requires every able-bodied adherent to make at least one pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca in their lifetime.

Sourced: TravelDailyNews