Saudi’s flynas receives three Airbus aircraft

Saudi’s flynas receives three Airbus aircraft

Saudi Arabia’s low-cost carrier, flynas, has inducted three aircraft into its fleet as part of a US$10 billion order to purchase 120 aircraft from Airbus. It includes one widebody Airbus A330 and two new A320 neo, representing the second batch of 19 new aircraft to be delivered this year. The three planes arrived in Riyadh and Jeddah earlier this month, with the new A320 neo aircraft landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and the A330 touching down at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The carrier’s fleet size currently stands at 48 aircraft, up 84 per cent in approximately two years, compared to 26 aircraft in the first quarter of 2021. Over the last 26 months, flynas has added 22 aircraft to its fleet. “Taking delivery of the three aircraft coincides with the recovery witnessed by the travel and tourism sector, especially with flynas adding 10 new destinations and routes in Asia and Europe as of next June. The delivery also coincides with the approaching Hajj season, in which the company plans to transport the largest possible number of pilgrims and visitors to the Two Holy Mosques,” said Bander Almohanna, CEO and managing director of flynas. The airline