Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics, Saleh Al-Jasser, says pilgrims will have the unique experience of benefiting from the service of flying taxis and drones during this year’s Hajj season.
Al-Jasser announced the innovative logistic service during a press briefing in Madinah on Thursday Morning.
This is coming after he received first batch of foreign pilgrims at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah.
“These represent highly advanced modes of transportation including taxi applications. There is a race among specialised companies in the transport sector.
They are competing to provide the best means of transport over the coming years,” he said.
“We will be at the forefront to benefit from these services,” he said. The minister added that the Hajj season will have the largest chunk of such modes of transport.
Recalls that Al-Jasser said last year that flying taxis would be tested during the Hajj season in the coming years.
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The aircraft will shuttle between Jeddah airport and airstrips in Makkah hotels near the Grand Mosque and other holy places.
“The electric plane Lilium is one of the first aircraft that operates entirely on electric power.
The main Hajj rites usually take place between the Dhul-Hijjah 8 and 13.
2024 Hajj season is expected to begin on Dhul-Hijjah 8, (June 14). (Report cull from Saudi Gazette)
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