Latest updates from top global and Saudi news sources
Last updated: 23 Sep 2026, 10:20 AM (Saudi time)
Saudi Arabia has eliminated the budget Package D for Hajj 2027 and consolidated all offerings into three enhanced, all-inclusive tiers, with key contracting deadlines on June 30 and August 13, 2026.
Bangladesh's Ministry of Religious Affairs has released its Hajj 2027 roadmap, asking pilgrims to complete registration by September 26, 2026. The schedule follows the Saudi Hajj 1448 calendar handed over in Jeddah.
A jet fuel price surge raised the cost of flying Hajj pilgrims in 2026, prompting Indonesia and Pakistan to subsidise fares while India added a surcharge. Officials are now planning for fuel-driven cost pressures in 2027 and 2028.
Saudi Arabia's Hajj 2027 roadmap has set Nigeria's NAHCON and state welfare boards a tight sequence of deadlines, with registration expected to close September 26, 2026, as states begin collecting pilgrim deposits.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has set the 1448 AH timeline, opening priority accommodation reservations on June 30, 2026 and confirming key dates through to 2027 flights.
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics has released the official Hajj 1447 count of 1,707,301 pilgrims, with a full breakdown by arrival method, gender and origin.
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