Airline Policy Determinants on Carriage of Zam Zam Water
Zam Zam water believed to be a sacred water by the Muslims from around the world. People who go to Saudi Arabia would want to bring this water back home since it is considered to be pious. Different airline companies have different policies in this respect. Before examining these policies let us first have an overview about the history of this water. The water is taken from a well which is located in Masjid-al-Haram in Mecca. The well is believed to have originated thousands of years ago when the son of Ibrahim was left with his mother Hajar in the desert. To this day, this tradition of considering the water of this well as pious continues, and the devote Muslims take this water back to their native places, all over the world. The carriage of this water is facilitated by packaging it in bottles of different volumes and airlines also allow it, either within the check-in baggage allowances or in addition to it. The airlines have different policies on its carriage. These polici...