The United Agents office has deployed 27,000 workers at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah to handle the loading and unloading of luggage belonging to Haj pilgrims, an official said.

“We are using modern state-of-the-art equipment to handle the baggage of incoming pilgrims at the airports and eleven land entry points,” Farouq Abu Zayed, chairman of United Agents office said on Monday.

Abu Zayed pointed out that the workers were seasonal workers hired by the United Agents office to cope with the increased rush at the airports and various entry points with the influx of Haj pilgrims ahead of the Haj.

Commenting on the various land entry points, he said: “We have increased the number of staff at Salwa, Halat Ammar, New Arar, Tuwail, Al Raqi, Qusra, Batha, King Fahd Causeway, Badiya, Alab and Hadisa entry points,” he said.

Abu Zayed stated that the United Agents office is coordinating and cooperating with the pilgrims’ representatives (offices of Haj affairs, travel companies, agencies, and associations) as well as the concerned National Tawafa Establishments and the National Guides Establishment to guide the pilgrims to their field service offices.

He added that it is also arranging bus services in coordination with the General Syndicate of Vehicles to transport the pilgrims to Makkah or Madinah and offering all kinds of help regarding their transportation and departure.

The chairman said that the United Agents office is notifying the competent authorities at the arrival and departure terminals about pilgrims who are lost.

He added that they check these terminals every six hours to follow up on the missing pilgrim and report to the general security departments in case the pilgrim is not found. Moreover, authorities are also constantly updated on the search results, he said.