Adding to Saudi Arabia精东影业 recent momentum in the commercial aviation arena, British Airways has announced it will be making a return to Jeddah in the Kingdom in the autumn of 2024. The carrier will operate from the carrier精东影业 main hub at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) and will serve the second-most populous city in the Middle Eastern state with a four-times-per-week service operated by Boeing 787s.听
The announcement of the route re-launch came following the 鈥楪reat Futures Expo鈥 event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May 14 and 15, 2024, and is the latest of big-ticket aviation announcements from the Kingdom in recent weeks, none more so than the recent order for 105 Airbus A320neo family aircraft from the Saudia Group placed on May 20, 2024.
鈥淲e have a long history of connecting families, friends, and businesses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with our home in London,鈥 said Colm Lacy, British Airways鈥 Chief Commercial Officer. 鈥淭here are significant opportunities for businesses in both countries, so we鈥檙e pleased we can re-build our connectivity and strengthen links between the two kingdoms.鈥 鈥
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Already open for reservations, the new route between Heathrow and Jeddah精东影业 King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) commences on November 4, 2024, and will operate year-round. The new flights complement the carrier精东影业 other service to Saudi Arabia from London, which serves the country精东影业 capital city Riyadh (RUH) on a daily basis. All services operate from Heathrow精东影业 Terminal 5.
The new service will operate to the following schedule (subject to airport slot availability). The outbound flight from London will leave Heathrow at 20:10 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, arriving in Jeddah at 05:30 the following morning. The return journey departs Jeddah at 07:55 arriving back in London at 11:45 the same day.听
The reinstatement of flights to Jeddah brings the British Airways network in the Gulf region to eight destinations 鈥 Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait City (KWI), Muscat (MCT), Bahrain (BAH), Doha (DOH), Dubai (DXB), and Abu Dhabi (AUH), with the last of these added as recently as April 2024.听听
For the summer of 2024, the carrier will operate to over 65 countries, including routes with its partner airlines. The airline offers flights to more destinations from London than any other carrier and this summer will operate from four of London精东影业 major airports – Heathrow, Gatwick (LGW), City Airport (LCY), and Stansted (STN).听听
