Saudia Increases Flights to Asia and Europe

(12/04/23)  Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has significantly increased the number of flights it operates to select markets in Asia and will continue its expansion with more flights scheduled to come online for Europe this summer.

Thailand: The airline introduced 3 additional flights to Bangkok from Jeddah at the end of March. As a result, Saudia is now serving Bangkok with a total of 10 flights per week with daily services from Jeddah and thrice weekly from Riyadh.

South Korea: Saudia introduced non-stop flights to Seoul from both Jeddah and Riyadh on 26 March. The carrier now connects Seoul with 4 flights a week with 2 non-stop flights a week from Jeddah and 2 non-stop flights per week from Riyadh.

China: Saudia now serves Guangzhou from Jeddah thrice weekly and added two flights per week from Riyadh.

Saudia Boeing 787-9 reg: HZ-AR12. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

Malaysia: The airline added three services per week between Riyadh and Kuala Lumpur. The extra services increased Saudia’s presence at Kuala Lumpur to 24 flights per week, with 21 flights from Jeddah and thrice weekly from Riyadh.

Singapore: Saudia is now serving Singapore non-stop from Jeddah with three flights per week. The new non-stop flights replaced the previous service which stopped in Male.

Greece: Athens is now being served from Jeddah thrice weekly, and the airline will introduce thrice weekly flights from Riyadh to Athens starting 23 June.

Indonesia: Saudia recently added three services per week between Riyadh and Jakarta, as well as between Jeddah and Jakarta. The extra services boosted Saudia’s presence at Jakarta to 24 flights per week, with 21 flights from Jeddah and 3 flights from Riyadh each week.

Summer in Europe

England: From 1 May, Saudia will add the 3rd daily flight from Riyadh to London and from 1 July will increase flights between Jeddah and London to double daily. The extra services will boost Saudia’s presence at London to 35 flights per week, with 14 flights from Jeddah and 21 flights from Riyadh each week.

Türkiye: From 23 June, Saudia will add a second daily flight between Riyadh and Istanbul. The extra services will boost Saudia’s presence at Istanbul to 35 flights per week, with 21 flights from Jeddah and 14 flights from Riyadh each week.

Italy: From 23 June, the national carrier will be serving Milan on a daily basis. The company will introduce three new weekly flights from Riyadh, in addition to the current four flights per week from Jeddah.

Switzerland: From 24 June, Saudia will serve Geneva double daily with daily flights from both Jeddah and Riyadh.

Spain: From 25 June, the airline will introduce flights to Barcelona 4 times per week from Jeddah.

Austria: From 23 June, Saudia will serve Vienna on a daily basis. The company will introduce three new weekly flights from Riyadh, in addition to the current four flights per week from Jeddah.

France: From 1 August, the carrier will increase the current daily flights between Jeddah and Paris to double daily. The extra services will boost Saudia’s presence at Paris to 21 flights per week, with 14 flights from Jeddah and 7 flights from Riyadh each week.

“We are pleased to offer our guests more flights to Europe’s most important cities,” said Captain Ibrahim Koshy, Saudia CEO. “The increase in frequency also means greater connectivity to our growing network and the opportunity to welcome more visitors to the Kingdom.”

By mid-year, Saudia will be operating 56 weekly services internationally to and from 14 destinations.

Saudia currently has 142 aircraft, including: B787-9s, B777-300ERs, Airbus A320-200s, Airbus A321s and Airbus A330-300s.

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