Malaysia Airlines’ hajj and umrah service Amal to start chartered flights from China to Saudi Arabia
Malaysia Airlines’ Amal, the dedicated service for hajj and umrah, will start chartered flights from China to Saudi Arabia via Kuala Lumpur.
Amal will work with Tahira Air and Kawan International Travel to offer flights and tours to Jeddah and Madinah from Ningxia and other provinces in China, it said in a statement on October 23. The companies did not say when the first flights will take off.
The new service follows the liberalisation of Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry.
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