The President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Duailej, visited the sixth edition of the Hajj Conference and Exhibition 2026, held at Jeddah Superdome from 8 to 11 November under the slogan "From Makkah to the World".
During his tour, Al-Duailej reviewed the pavilions of participating entities from the aviation and transport sectors and the initiatives and digital solutions they presented to improve the pilgrim experience, ease arrival and departure procedures and raise service quality, according to what the authority stated.
The authority is showcasing at the Aviation Oasis a set of programs aimed at raising the efficiency of air transport operations for pilgrims, including the Premium Lane initiative, which encourages Hajj affairs offices to contract early with carriers of high operational performance, and the Multazim Award, which honors distinguished airlines during the Hajj season and promotes regulatory and operational compliance, alongside the timeline for the 1448H Hajj season.
On the sidelines of the conference, Al-Duailej held separate meetings with the head of Iraq's Supreme Commission for Hajj and Umrah, Sami Omran Musa Al-Masoudi; the assistant interior minister for administrative affairs and head of Egypt's Hajj affairs office, Major General Hazem Fathi Mohamed Abu El-Fotouh; and Cameroon's minister of interior and head of the national Hajj committee, Atanga Nji Paul.
The meetings addressed arrangements for transporting pilgrims from the three countries on national carriers and through Saudi airports in the coming season, coordination with missions and Hajj affairs offices, support for national carriers and facilitation of pilgrim entry and exit, in line with the objectives of the Pilgrim Experience Program and Saudi Vision 2030. The visit comes within the activities of مؤتمر ومعرض الحج 2026, which brings together more than 520 entities from 150 countries.