EgyptAir Chairman and CEO Hisham El Nahas said the company has finished all preparations to receive pilgrims of this year hajj season as of Sunday.

In statements on Saturday, Nahas said three flights will take off from Borg el Arab airport to Al Madinah Al Monawara with 786 pilgrims from Alexandria and Beheira.

Hajj flights will start on Monday from Cairo Airport as one flight will head for Al Madinah Al Monawara with 250 pilgrims on board, he added.

He said the national aircarrier is scheduled to carry 50,000 pilgrims to Jeddah and Al Madinah along with transit flights from some African countries.

He advised pilgrims to be present at the airport four hours ahead of the flight's take-off time to finish all their travel measures.