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Fakhriya Muhammad Suleiman

Pilgrims may soon fly directly to Mecca as airport plans take off

A Saudi official has confirmed that Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, will soon have an airport.

In an interview with Harvard Business Review Arabia, Saleh Al-Rasheed, CEO of the Royal Commission for Makkah City and the Holy Sites (RCMC), said that the “strategic, economic and investment directions for Mecca Airport have been approved”.

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