Riyadh Air inaugurated flights between Riyadh and Manchester on Thursday 17 September. The 5,125-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with the 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The start-up faces no direct competition on the route. Flight RX417 departs Riyadh at 01:30 local time, arriving in Manchester at 06:40 local time. The return […]
September 23, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Riyadh Air commenced flights to its latest European destination by launching operations between Riyadh and Madridon Friday 17 July. The 6,595-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The new carrier does not face any direct competition on the route. Flight RX531 departs Riyadh at […]
July 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Newly launched Riyadh Air inaugurated seasonal flights between Riyadh and Malaga on Tuesday 14 July. The 5,005-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with the 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. It will compete directly against SAUDIA’s 3-weekly service. Flight RX543 departs Riyadh at 01:20 local time, arriving in Malaga at 07:25 local time. […]
July 22, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Flyadeal, the low-cost subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier SAUDIA, commenced seasonal flights between Riyadh and Prague on Wednesday 1 July. The 3,945-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. It will compete with flynas’ 6-weekly service. Operations will be maintained until 26 September. Flyadeal also adds 3-weekly […]
July 13, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Saudi LCC Flynas introduced flights between Riyadh and Krakow on Friday 27 June. The 3,625-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities, becoming the first to link Krakow with Saudi Arabia through a nonstop service. Flight XY395 departs Riyadh […]
July 7, 2025 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines added a new service to the Gulf on Tuesday June 4 by introducing flights between Warsaw WAW and Riyadh. The 3,720-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from Warsaw, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two capitals. Flight LO125 departs Warsaw WAW […]
June 12, 2024 | Latest Route News +
ITA Airways inaugurated operations between Rome FCO and Riyadh on Sunday 2 June. The 3,675-kilometre route will be maintained 5-weekly, each day except on Tuesdays and Saturdays out of the Italian capital, with its 165-seat A321neo aircraft. The airline faces competition from 3-weekly SAUDIA flights and 2-weekly Wizz Air rotations. Both ITA Airways and SAUDIA […]
June 10, 2024 | Latest Route News +
SAUDIA began 3-weekly seasonal service between Riyadh and Nice on Friday 16 June. The 4,130-kilometre route will be flown using the airline’s fleet of A320s. SAUDIA faces no competition between the two cities. The SkyTeam member last served the airport in 2009. Flight SV129 will depart Riyadh at 09:25 local time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving in France at 14:40 […]
June 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
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 +