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PIF-owned Riyadh Air prepares to launch its daily flights to London Heathrow on 26 October, the fund said in a press release on Thursday. The London route will see flights departing Riyadh at 3:15am and landing in Heathrow at 7:30am, with the return leg leaving London at 9:30am and arriving back in Riyadh at 7:15pm.
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The launch comes as the airline prepares to launch full operations in 2025, with its initial flights operated on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft named Jamila ahead of new aircraft deliveries from Boeing. It also unveiled its new loyalty program Sfeer to provide draw customers with benefits and offers — with details of the program yet to be announced.
Big plans ahead: The Kingdom’s new airline voiced plans back in June to serve 100 cities by 2030, aiming to add a destination every two months once it’s operational. The airline plans to open a Dubai route next, with more destinations to be revealed in the upcoming weeks for winter 2025 and summer 2026.
REMEMBER- Despite global supply chain snags, the airline “remains confident that [its] launch will stay on schedule, with aircraft deliveries and operations progressing as planned,” a representative told EnterpriseAM last month. Riyadh Air expects to receive one new plane a month from Boeing over the next year – with some 182 aircraft on order from Boeing and Airbus.
IN OTHER AVIATION NEWS-
Flagship carrier Saudia operated its first direct passenger flight from Riyadh to Moscow on Friday, in partnership with the Saudi Tourism Authority and the Air Connectivity Program, it said on X on Friday. The airline announced in June it will launch three weekly round-trip flights to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport starting in October.
MEANWHILE- Flynas is set to launch a Jeddah-Moscow route starting on 23 December, running three-weekly flights between Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport and Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, it said on LinkedIn. The low-cost carrier flynas began three weekly flights between Riyadh to the Russian capital in August.
