British Airways restarts Saudi Arabian services

UK flag-carrier British Airways has resumed Saudi Arabian services after a four-year halt with the first of its five weekly services to Jeddah and Riyadh touching down yesterday.

Paolo De Renzis, British Airways' Area Commercial Manager Middle East, said: “British Airways has never taken its eyes off Saudi Arabia and after years of review and months of careful planning, we're back where we belong - operating direct services to Saudi's two principal aviation hubs.

”We remain committed to offering our Saudi customers services befitting British Airways' long-established global reputation for premium excellence and today represents the first realisation of that promise. I'm sure our Saudi customers, whether they are flying to our state-of-the-art hub at Terminal 5 or connecting to our global network of over 150 destinations, will reap the rewards of our 76-year experience in regional operations,' added De Renzis.

With the aviation market between Britain and Saudi Arabia recently being liberalised, De Renzis reiterated how British Airways once again believes its Kingdom services can be profitable.

“Saudi Arabia continues to be a vitally important market for British Airways and reinstating flights here further strengthens our regional commercial proposition; we're now up to 66 weekly flights to Terminal 5 from eight regional destinations,” he added.