منذ أن تأسست المملكة العربية السعودية وهي تعتزّ بخدمة ضيوف الرحمن، وتكتب في سجلات الزمن فصولًا من السخاء، فالحج الذي تُشَدّ إليه القلوب قبل الأقدام ظل دوماً في صدارة أولوياتها، وعبر السنين لم يكن مجرد شعيرة تؤدىٰ، بل رسالة حضارية تتجدد مع كل موسم، تترجمها المملكة خدمةً وتنظيمًا ووفادةً بكل ما أوتيت من إمكانات.
إذا كان السفر إلى الديار المقدسة هو أولى الخطوات في رحلة التلبية، فإن الطيران هو وسيلته الأبرز، والأرقام تؤكد أن نحو 96% من الحجاج يصلون اليوم عبر الجو، ليغدو الطيران رفيق الدعاء وصدى التهليل، فاتحة رحلة الحج وخاتمتها، جسر الأرواح التواقة إلى بيت الله الحرام.
من هنا، منحت المملكة قطاع الطيران عناية خاصة؛ فالمطارات، والشركات الناقلة، والمراقبة الجوية، وخدمات النقل من وإلى المطارات، تحولت إلى منظومة متكاملة، صُمّمت بعناية لتيسير مناسك الحج، ولتقديم تجربة تغمر الحاج بالسكينة منذ أن يتشكل حلمه في سماء الرحيل وحتى يضع خطاه على الأراضي المقدسة.
هذا الموسم؛ رفعت الخطوط السعودية سقف التطلعات وفتحت نوافذ جديدة للتميّز؛ فقد أطلقت لأول مرة في تاريخها برنامج حج متكامل عبر شركة «السعودية للحج والعمرة»، مستثمرة أكثر من نصف قرن من الخبرة الطويلة، لتقدم لضيوف الرحمن خدمات راقية، تلامس رفاهية الدرجة الأولى وصالات الاستقبال الفخمة، ولتنسج تجربتهم من النقل الميسّر، مروراً بالإقامة الفاخرة، والرعاية الصحية الشاملة، والتوعية الذكية، حتى الخدمات التي تُرى وتُحسّ في كل التفاصيل وكأنك تطوف في ضيافة استثنائية.
لم تعد التجربة مجرد رحلة أداء، بل غدت لوحة متقنة، رسمتها يد خبيرة تعرف أن الحج يستحق كل هذا الجمال، وأحسب أن في هذه المبادرة دعوة لبقية القطاعات كي تحذو حذوها، وأن تخرج عن المألوف إلى فضاءات الابتكار، فما زالت الطريق رحبة، وفي الأفكار متسع لتحسين تجربة الحج من كل جانب، وتحويلها من مجرد فريضة إلى تجربة إنسانية متكاملة، تليق بمن لبّى النداء ومضى ملبياً الله أكبر.
في كل طائرة تحلّق إلى مكة أو المدينة، هناك قلوب تحلّق قبل الأجساد، وأمل يسافر قبل المسافر، كأنما الطائرات وضوء الطريق والسحب تراتيل الدعوات.
إنه فخر لا يدانيه فخر؛ أن يكون للطيران نصيب من هذه الرحلة العظيمة، وأن تتحول الأجواء إلى دربٍ للقداسة، تُنثَر فيها الأمنيات، وتُحمَل عبرها الأنفس إلى حيث الطمأنينة والسكينة.
لقد أصبح الطيران جزءاً من ذاكرة الحج؛ وكأن الأرواح قبل أن تطأ الأرض المقدسة تحلّق أولاً في سماء المملكة، تبرق بها الغيوم وتباركها الرياح، في رحلة لا تشبهها رحلة، وشرف لا يضاهيه شرف.
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
Since the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it has taken pride in serving the guests of Allah, writing chapters of generosity in the records of time. The pilgrimage, which draws hearts before feet, has always remained at the forefront of its priorities. Over the years, it has not merely been a ritual to be performed, but a cultural message that renews itself with each season, translated by the Kingdom into service, organization, and hospitality with all the resources it has to offer.
If traveling to the holy lands is the first step in the journey of responding to the call, then air travel is its most prominent means. Statistics confirm that about 96% of pilgrims today arrive by air, making flying the companion of prayers and the echo of chants, the beginning and the end of the pilgrimage journey, a bridge for souls yearning to reach the Sacred House of Allah.
From this point, the Kingdom has given special attention to the aviation sector; airports, airlines, air traffic control, and transportation services to and from the airports have transformed into an integrated system, carefully designed to facilitate the rituals of pilgrimage and to provide an experience that envelops the pilgrim in tranquility from the moment their dream takes shape in the sky of departure until they set foot on the sacred lands.
This season, Saudi Airlines has raised the bar of aspirations and opened new windows for excellence; for the first time in its history, it launched a comprehensive Hajj program through the "Saudi Hajj and Umrah" company, leveraging more than half a century of extensive experience to offer the guests of Allah high-quality services that touch the luxury of first class and lavish reception lounges, weaving their experience from facilitated transportation, through luxurious accommodation, comprehensive healthcare, intelligent awareness, to services that are seen and felt in every detail as if you are circling in exceptional hospitality.
The experience has become more than just a journey of performance; it has turned into a masterful painting, crafted by an expert hand that knows that the pilgrimage deserves all this beauty. I believe this initiative is a call for other sectors to follow suit and to step out of the ordinary into the realms of innovation, as the path remains wide, and there is ample room for ideas to enhance the pilgrimage experience from every angle, transforming it from a mere obligation into a comprehensive human experience worthy of those who respond to the call, proclaiming Allahu Akbar.
In every plane flying to Mecca or Medina, there are hearts that soar before bodies, and hope travels before the traveler, as if the planes, the light of the road, and the clouds are the chants of prayers.
It is a pride unmatched by any other; that aviation has a share in this great journey, and that the skies transform into a path of sanctity, where wishes are scattered, and souls are carried to where peace and tranquility reside.
Aviation has become part of the memory of the pilgrimage; as if the souls, before stepping on the sacred ground, first soar in the sky of the Kingdom, shimmering with clouds and blessed by the winds, in a journey unlike any other, and an honor unparalleled by any honor.
If traveling to the holy lands is the first step in the journey of responding to the call, then air travel is its most prominent means. Statistics confirm that about 96% of pilgrims today arrive by air, making flying the companion of prayers and the echo of chants, the beginning and the end of the pilgrimage journey, a bridge for souls yearning to reach the Sacred House of Allah.
From this point, the Kingdom has given special attention to the aviation sector; airports, airlines, air traffic control, and transportation services to and from the airports have transformed into an integrated system, carefully designed to facilitate the rituals of pilgrimage and to provide an experience that envelops the pilgrim in tranquility from the moment their dream takes shape in the sky of departure until they set foot on the sacred lands.
This season, Saudi Airlines has raised the bar of aspirations and opened new windows for excellence; for the first time in its history, it launched a comprehensive Hajj program through the "Saudi Hajj and Umrah" company, leveraging more than half a century of extensive experience to offer the guests of Allah high-quality services that touch the luxury of first class and lavish reception lounges, weaving their experience from facilitated transportation, through luxurious accommodation, comprehensive healthcare, intelligent awareness, to services that are seen and felt in every detail as if you are circling in exceptional hospitality.
The experience has become more than just a journey of performance; it has turned into a masterful painting, crafted by an expert hand that knows that the pilgrimage deserves all this beauty. I believe this initiative is a call for other sectors to follow suit and to step out of the ordinary into the realms of innovation, as the path remains wide, and there is ample room for ideas to enhance the pilgrimage experience from every angle, transforming it from a mere obligation into a comprehensive human experience worthy of those who respond to the call, proclaiming Allahu Akbar.
In every plane flying to Mecca or Medina, there are hearts that soar before bodies, and hope travels before the traveler, as if the planes, the light of the road, and the clouds are the chants of prayers.
It is a pride unmatched by any other; that aviation has a share in this great journey, and that the skies transform into a path of sanctity, where wishes are scattered, and souls are carried to where peace and tranquility reside.
Aviation has become part of the memory of the pilgrimage; as if the souls, before stepping on the sacred ground, first soar in the sky of the Kingdom, shimmering with clouds and blessed by the winds, in a journey unlike any other, and an honor unparalleled by any honor.


