Kuwait: The prices of flights are increasing day by day, especially flights from Kuwait in order to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, and it is expected to increase more significantly by 40 percent due to the decrease in the Hajj quota, as per the media reports. 

Saudi Arabia is all set for this year of Kuwait quota for Hajj at 3,622 pilgrims, down from the pre-pandemic time with 8,000 pilgrims. 

According to some local media reports, it is expected that the prices of Haj flights from Kuwait this year will range from 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars to 4,000 Kuwaiti dinars, an increase of about 40 percent compared to previous seasons.

Moreover, some reports also indicated that the Supreme Haj Committee would soon meet in order to develop mechanisms and perceptions for organizing Hajj, especially this season and work to provide services for pilgrims and not increase prices. 

On Thursday, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah allocated the provisional Haj quota to each country for the year 2022.

This month on April 9, the Kingdom also announced that they are allowing nearly one million people from all over the globe so they can perform Hajj this year. 

And this is the first time that authorities are allowing the entry of pilgrims from outside the kingdom since 2019.

Last, to last year, 2020, was the exceptional season for Hajj and considering the COVID-19 pandemic, but at that time number of pilgrims was limited to about 10,000 from inside Saudi Arabia only, compared to about 2.5 million pilgrims in 2019 from all parts of the world. 

Last year, in 2021 that the capacity of pilgrims was limited to 60,000 citizens and residents who received the vaccine due to restrictions that were imposed in order to curb the pandemic. 

However, this year also, there are some restrictions for performing Hajj, and that is that the people who want to perform Hajj must be under 65 years of age, and they must have two doses of COVID-19 vaccination.