Saudia resumes flights to 20 international destinations

Saudia resumes flights to 20 international destinations

Saudi Arabia's national airline has resumed flights to 20 international destinations across the Middle East, Asia and Europe, it has confirmed.

The kingdom stopped all international flights on March 15 to curb the spread of the pandemic. Flights were allowed to resume last month, in a phased manner.

All travel restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic will only be lifted from January 1, 2021,

Read: Saudi Arabia to permit residents to return from September 15; will lift all travel restrictions by January 1, 2021

Saudia, which restarted flights to overseas destinations on September 15, confirmed that "permitted travellers“ could now fly to:

Middle East: Amman and Dubai

Europe and the US: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Paris and Washington DC

Asia: Islamabad, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur and Manila

Africa: Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Cairo, Khartoum, Nairobi and Tunis

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