Few intercontinental markets have grown so quickly recently as Saudi Arabia to Europe. It is part of the country’s highly ambitious drive towards Vision 2030 and is assisted by the government’s Air Connectivity Program (ACP). This subsidises new routes and, therefore, facilitates greater connectivity and more tourism. According to Cirium schedules information data, the market […]
flyadeal (IATA code F3) has landed in Istanbul IST becoming the Turkish hub’s 82nd airline. There are now 4-weekly flights from both Jeddah and Riyadh using the Saudi LCC’s A320s. Both routes will be served on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. According to Cirium schedules data, direct competition on the Jeddah-Istanbul IST route comes from […]
November 29, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air recently announced that it would be launching 20 new routes between Europe and Saudi Arabia between December and next July. Of these, 10 will serve Riyadh, seven will serve Jeddah and three will serve Dammam. A total of 11 European airports will see a Wizz Air service to Saudi Arabia, with Budapest and […]
September 1, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SAUDIA began 2-weekly service between Riyadh and Zurich on Wednesday 3 August. The 4,180-kilometres route will be flown using the airline’s fleet of A320s. Flight SV235 will depart Riyadh at 08:45 on Wednesdays and Sundays, arriving in Switzerland at 10:45 local time. The return service SV234 leaves Zurich at 15:20 and arrives back in Saudi […]
August 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
A busy few months for King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, with the launch of a number of new routes from the likes of Flyadeal, flynas and KLM. Air Service One, brings you a taste of the recent European launches from flynas to the Ukraine starting with 3-weekly services to Kiev operating an A320. […]
August 5, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Friday 23 July was the launch date for Saudi Arabian carrier flynas’s new 3-weekly service from Riyadh to Salzburg in Austria. The 3,890-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and faces no direct competition. The inaugural service (flight number XY 351 operated by an Airbus A320neo, registration HZ-NS29) departed Riyadh at 06:27 local […]
July 28, 2021 | Latest Route News +