The first of the flights carrying Hajj pilgrims from Dubai to Saudi Arabia will depart on June 22 and with a second flight scheduled two days later.
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00:00My name is Mohamed El Marzouki. I'm head of terminal business support and also head of
00:04Hajj committee in Dubai airport. This year we had several meetings with our stakeholders
00:09externally. We started around a month and a half ago. We've decided to dedicate areas for
00:16our passengers who are going to perform Hajj this year, starting from the car park all the
00:22way to the departure gate. So we've dedicated a special counter in each terminal, one, two,
00:27and three. Check-in counter, immigration counter, security check area, plus the gates. We saw the
00:34numbers and based on that we've divided ourselves among the three terminals and we've dedicated a
00:40special team who are in the airport 24-7 to handle any special requirement from our Hajj
00:47passenger. So this year the Hajj season falls with the school holiday as well. So that's why
00:54we require our passengers to be here at least four hours prior to departure to avoid any
01:02congestion on the road to the airport. Plus we have very heavy traffic and transfer as well,
01:08but we are doing fine. We are already prepared with the help of our stakeholders. We've arranged
01:14some area where they can do a quick medical check, like they can check their temperature,
01:22blood pressure, and so on. Then they will go to the counter. The process will take a few minutes.
01:28After that they will go straight to the immigration counter, the dedicated
01:32immigration counter. It will take them maybe one minute over there or two minutes.
01:36Then to screening machine, straight away to the gate.