Saudi Arabia’s Flynas Launches Madinah Base, Introduces 6 New Destinations

Sumi Thomas December 2, 2023

1 minute read

Saudi Arabia’s flynas has launched its newest operation base at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah.

In doing so it has introduced six destinations and routes, including two domestic destinations to Abha and Tabuk and four international destinations to Dubai, Amman, Istanbul, and Ankara to be operated alongside the other four existing destinations from Madinah to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Cairo.

Thus, 10 destinations are now served by flynas from the new operation base at Madinah airport as phase one.

Flynas launches Madinah airport base

Flynas is now the only carrier with four bases across the Kingdom.

This is in line with its expansion and growth plans and in parallel with the objectives of the Pilgrim Experience Program (PEP) to facilitate access to the Two Holy Mosques and the National Civil Aviation Strategy to enable national air carriers to contribute to connecting 250 international destinations to the Kingdom.

Saudi Arabia aims to reach 330 million passengers and to attract 100 million tourists annually by 2030.

Bander Almohanna, CEO and Managing Director of flynas said: “Launching our newest operation base and inaugurating the new routes come in response to the high demand for Madinah, notably from pilgrims and visitors to the holy mosque”.

He noted that more new destinations and routes will be announced in the future.

“Operating 10 routes from the new base as a start was made possible as a result of more than 100 per cent upscaling of our all-Airbus fleet in less than two years, in line with the growth and expansion plan launched early last year under the slogan ‘We Connect the World to the Kingdom,’ leading to signing an agreement with Airbus for 30 new A320neo Family aircraft last June, within an order to 120 A320neo, as well as raising orders to 250 aircraft”.

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, with the aim to reach 165 domestic and international destinations, in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.