Flynas, the national airline and the leading low-cost carrier in the Middle East and the world, added seven new routes to its network from its new operations base at Madinah Airport, starting December 2023.
Flynas is the only carrier with four operations bases across the Kingdom.
The new announcement comes within the Pilgrims Experience Program (PEP) objectives to facilitate access to the Two Holy Mosques and the National Civil Aviation Strategy.
It would enable national air carriers to contribute to connecting the Kingdom with 250 international destinations and to reach 330 million passengers and to attract 100 million tourists annually by 2030.
Managing Director of Tibah Airports Operations Company Sofiene Abdessalem recently signed a partnership agreement with CEO and Managing Director of flynas Bander al-Mohanna to launch the carrier’s newest operations base at Madinah Airport.
The base aims to diversify and increase international and domestic destinations to and from Madinah Airport. Flynas has three other operations centers in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.
The company will launch two domestic routes from Madinah to Abha and Tabuk and five international routes to Dubai, Amman, Baghdad, Istanbul, and Ankara to be operated alongside the other four existing routes from Madinah to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Cairo.
The additions will bring the number of routes operated by flynas from Madinah to 11.
Mohanna said the launch of the new operations center coincides with taking delivery of new aircraft to further upscale flynas fleet.
"The operations from our new operations base will start with two aircraft as a first stage, and we are planning to increase our operations and fleet size and to launch more destinations to achieve our strategy ‘We Connect the World to the Kingdom’," said Mohanna.
He noted that the company aims to enhance the guests' experience with direct flights to many destinations in and outside Saudi Arabia, creating new job opportunities and increasing Saudization in the Aviation industry.
Flynas connects more than 70 domestic and international destinations with more than 1,500 weekly flights and has flown more than 60 million passengers since its launch in 2007 to reach 165 domestic and global goals, in line with the objectives of Vision 2030.
