SAUDI seems to be in full strength after its recent order with Boeing – and is going after new customers with the airline planning to serve 25 new destinations.
Saudia Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner departing London Heathrow Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
The routes will be operated by SAUDIA and flyadeal. The new routes are in a convenient map below:
The new map. – Image- SAUDIA.
Kudos points on offer for those who spot more than a few mistakes – the comments section exists 😉
For those who prefer plain text, here is where the airline is planning to fly to:
- Beijing, China
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Djibouti
- Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kano, Nigeria
- Baghdad, Iraq
- London Gatwick, United Kingdom
- Nice, France
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Malaga, Spain
- Mykonos, Greece
- Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
- Tbilisi, Georgia
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Trabzon, Turkey
- Izmir, Turkey
- Antalya, Turkey
- Bodrum, Turkey
- Sarajevo, Bosnia
- Heraklion, Greece
- Rhodes, Greece
- Larnaca, Cyprus
- Tivat, Montenegro
According to the airline, all new routes are set to begin throughout 2023. The airline will publish more schedule details on announced destinations soon and which carrier will operate the route.
In Quotes
SAUDIA Group Director General, H.E. Engr. Ibrahim Al-Omar commented on the international network expansion:
“SAUDIA Group has been carrying the kingdom’s ambitions, values and traditions across every corner of its network, as it flies the nation’s flag around the world. These new destinations will offer greater access and choices to our guests. Given the increase of demand in international travel, this is the right time to expand our global network in new, exciting ways,
May you live in interesting times
It’s interesting to see that this announcement has just gone for routes – rather than frequencies or anything else. That indicates that planning is in deep progress to see what frequencies these routes can sustain. Some may be more than daily – others a few times a week, depending on the predicted passenger flow, as well as connecting traffic – something they try to highlight in their press release with the “Your Ticket, Your Visa” programme, to allow passengers to perform Umrah, visit key destinations and attend events during their transit in the Kingdom.
This allows travellers a 96-hour transit visa.
We’ll have to see what routes are popular, which will drive the customers and which are out there for vanity.
Although in today’s operating environment, operating routes for vanity is ill looked upon by accountants.
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Birmingham seems to have moved to Scotland 🙂
Assalamu walaikum!
This is Arif Newaz from Chittagong Bangladesh. I am glad to hear that Saudi Airlines will be available in Chittagong Bangladesh. I hope it will be more beneficial for people of Bangladesh to perform Omra hajj without any unpleasant suffering. Thank you for choosing Bangladesh route.
What about sylhet Bangladesh?
If they allow flights. The will get more business. Because lots of sylhet around the world