Malaysia Airlines Inaugurates Saudi Link

Asian carrier Malaysia Airlines will tomorrow operate the second in a series of 15 flights it will offer between Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh. The national carrier inaugurated the link on June 24 and will offer three flights per week until July 27 to cater for the growing interest by Saudi Arabians to spend their summer holidays in Malaysia.

“Malaysia is a value for money and convenient destination for the Saudi nationals as they do not need visas to visit Malaysia,” said Abu Tahir, Regional Senior Vice President for Middle East, Africa & South America, Malaysia Airlines. “We thank the Saudi authorities for their timely assistance for us to mount these flights.”

Malaysia Airlines has had a long presence in Saudi Arabia with the commencement of annual Hajj services between Kuala Lumpur and Jeddah on April 1, 1974. By June 4, 1978, Jeddah was added to the airline’s network of scheduled services.