Arab News, Tuesday, Aug 23, 2022 | Muharram 25, 1444
Saudi budget airline launches direct flights to four international destinations
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s budget
airline flynas has signed a deal with the Air Connectivity Program to launch
four new and direct destinations in Europe, North Africa and Central Asia from
November.
The low-cost airline will start operating 10 new
weekly direct flights from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport to
Marseille, Almaty, Algiers and Casablanca, said a press release issued on
Monday.
As per the agreement, flynas will facilitate the
arrival of visitors including tourists and Umrah pilgrims to the Kingdom.
The airline’s CEO and managing director, Bander
Almohanna, said the agreement is in line with flynas’ growth and expansion
strategy, which aims to connect the world to the Kingdom and reach 165 domestic
and international destination.
He said flynas also plans to orders 250 more
aircraft to become the largest low-cost airline in the Middle East and North
Africa.
The CEO of the Air Connectivity Program, Khalil
Lamrabet, said: “The program values this partnership with flynas (and it is) in
line with our mandate to develop tourism air connectivity in support of the
National Tourism Strategy vision and objectives.”