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CAIRO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- EgyptAir started on Sunday operating 18 flights to transfer 4,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the fifth day in a row, the MENA news agency reported.
This comes as part of an air bridge set to transport Egyptian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
The flights include labor missions, the mission of the Interior Ministry along with lottery pilgrims from Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el Sheikh and Gharbia.
The trips include ten flights to al Madina al Munawara and eight to Jeddah. Fourteen of the flights will take off from Cairo Airport while four will take off from Borg el Arab Airport in Alexandria.
