Hajj
The Red Sea Ports Authority Saturday announced that Nuweiba Port in South Sinai has received 306 pilgrims and 7 Hajj buses coming from Jordan’s Aqaba Port.
These services were delivered through Egypt’s international airports—Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Sohag—as well as the ports of Nuweiba, Safaga, and Hurghada, during the period from May 14 to May 25, 2025.
The head of the Hajj mission Ashraf Abdel Mo'ty confirmed that the there are more than 78,000 pilgrims in the Hajj mission this year, including approximately 25,000 pilgrims from the lottery.
Abdel-Moetti confirmed that flights transporting pilgrims to both Medina and Mecca have commenced, as part of the Hajj Lottery Mission’s air bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The transportation efforts will continue in the coming days to complete the transfer of all pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Last year, approximately 600 Egyptian pilgrims died during an extreme heatwave in the 1445 Hajj season. These individuals did not have official Hajj permits and, as a result, lacked access to designated camps in the Arafat and Mina areas—locations where all pilgrims are required to stay during specific days of the pilgrimage. Many of these unregistered pilgrims had entered Saudi Arabia using visit visas rather than official Hajj visas and remained in the country until the Hajj season, often relying on unauthorized or dubious operators.
The Ministry of Health and Population has revealed infection control measures for Hajj travel.
Female supervisors are essential for helping and serving the senior female pilgrims, especially those who are suffering from chronical diseases like diabetes and hypertension and those who cannot walk for long stances and move with wheelchairs.
Egypt’s Flag carrier EgyptAir, announced on Friday, intensifying flights to accommodate pilgrims wishing to return to Egypt as part of its air bridge to transport the pilgrims after the end of the Hajj rituals from the Holy Lands.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and his delegation departed Jeddah, on Monday after performing Hajj.
EgyptAir has released guidelines for pilgrims traveling from Egyptian airports to the Holy Lands for this year's Hajj pilgrimage.
The first groups of Hajj pilgrims will depart on Wednesday, on board the fleet of the national company EgyptAir, on flight No. MS1693, to transport pilgrims from Gharbia and Menoufia.
The ban includes people who are the most vulnerable to the risks of infection, according to the controls approved by the Ministry of Health.
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered cancelling Islamic pilgrimage, aka Hajj, at the expense of the state during the 2023 Hajj season in a meeting with ministers on Tuesday.
On Twitter, Tayyeb said on Thursday "I congratulate Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud on the success of his surgery," wishing him to enjoy good health.
The Saudi authorities have allowed only 10,000 people to perform the rites of Hajj this year due to the novel virus, and have kept all facilities sterilized, although Saudi Arabia had earned billions of dollars every year from Hajj.
The pilgrims of the Sacred House (Holly Kaaba) began early Thursday morning, to arrive at Mount Arafat to perform the greatest pillar of Hajj.
Saudi Arabia is urging Muslims to wait before making plans to attend the annual haj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the deadly coronavirus pandemic
The Cairo International Airport is scheduled Tuesday midnight to receive the first batch of Egyptian pilgrims returning home following completing their Hajj rituals.
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati said no contagious or epidemic diseases have been detected among Egyptian pilgrims.
The airport put a plan, in cooperation with concerned bodies, to facilitate all measures for the Pilgrims, particularly for people with special needs, the official added.
