Semarang, Central Java – The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Saudia Airlines tattooed a cooperation contract on the transportation of Indonesian pilgrims for this year’s Hajj trip in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
The cooperation was tattooed by the ministry’s director general of Hajj and Umrah implementation, Hilman Latief, and the basic supervisor of Hajj and Umrah income management and sales of Saudia Airlines, Amer Al Ghamdi.
Under the cooperation, Saudia Airlines will transport 101,809 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims from 5 embarkation points: Batam, Palembang, Jakarta, Kertajati, and Surabaya.
” As a partner that has been transporting Indonesian pilgrims for several years, it is hoped that Saudia can enhance the quality of its services to pilgrims this year,” Latief stated.
Latief said, the discussion on the arrangement was hard since it involved a long and in-depth discussion and needed perseverance and carefulness.
” To this end, we express our thankfulness to Saudia Airlines. The Indonesian federal government’s success in Hajj services is likewise a success for Saudia Airlines,” he stated.
He added that this year, there will be more than 60 thousand Indonesian Hajj pilgrims aged 65 years and above. Thus, more hospitable services from Saudia Airlines will be needed.
At Monday’s event, Ghamdi revealed thankfulness to the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, which has worked together with Saudia Airlines for the last 25 years.
” This year, the requirements to end up being an air transport service provider are challenging, and the good news is, today, a cooperation contract has actually been signed,” he said.
Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdul Azis Ahmad, who was also present on the occasion, lauded Saudia Airlines, which has actually been depended become the air transportation service provider for Indonesian Hajj pilgrims.
” Future company challenges will end up being harder because company competition has become a reality. Business we do is a responsible organization, particularly to supply the best services to customers, in this case, Indonesian pilgrims,” Ahmad stated.
This year, a minimum of 221 thousand Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia will join the Hajj expedition. Of the figure, 203,320 will be regular Hajj pilgrims and 17,680 will be unique Hajj pilgrims. (INE)
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