New Saudi carrier: NEOM Airlines to launch in 2024

New Saudi carrier: NEOM Airlines to launch in 2024

NEOM Airlines, Saudi Arabia’s latest airline dedicated to serving the $500bn futuristic city in the country’s northwest region, is set to take to the skies at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. The airline will be focused on enabling travel for tourists, residents and commercial partners to and from NEOM, Klaus Goersch, the airline’s CEO said in a blog post. “We are there to enable the destination. Our goal is a holistic and interconnected approach, with NEOM Airlines enabling the gross domestic product of NEOM,” said Goersch. NEOM Airlines will fly out of NEOM Bay Airport, which opened in 2019 and operates Saudia flights domestically and to London and Dubai as well as flyDubai connecting the tourist destination with Dubai. The carrier will eventually transfer to NEOM International Airport at a later date. “Organically, due to the strategic geographical location and the level of economic activity here, we expect that we will have a global aviation hub on our hands as time goes on – servicing the Middle East, Europe, America, Asia and so on,” added Goersch, a former chief operating officer of British Airways and Air Canada. NEOM Airlines’ ambition is that every flight will be powered