Modern transportation system in pilgrimage journey effectively began only after the Second World War. The Saudi Arabian authority established the Arabian Transport Company and the Bakhashab Transport Company in 1946 and 1948 respectively in order to transport the pilgrims at various Hajj sites which proved highly effective in later years, and the use of camels as a means of transport in pilgrimage journey virtually ended in 1950 CE. [52] According to one account, during the pilgrimage seasons of 1946–1950, around 80 percent of the total foreign pilgrims arrived by sea, 10 percent by land, and 7 percent by air transport.[53] The 1970s and subsequent decades saw a dramatic increase in the number of pilgrims because of the availability of affordable air travel system.[54]