Saudi carrier flynas to launch direct flights between Jeddah and Tashkent

Saudi carrier flynas has said that it will launch direct flights between Jeddah and the Uzbek capital Tashkent, starting from September 15.

Twice-weekly flights will connect the two destinations, departing on Monday and Thursday from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah back and forth.

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The introduction of the new service follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the carrier and the Uzbek Ministry of Transportation last month on the sidelines of the Saudi-Uzbek Business Council meeting.

The agreement aimed to strengthen relations within the air transport space to operate direct flights between the kingdom and Uzbekistan, to facilitate the transportation of pilgrims and the movement of citizens from the two countries for investment and tourism purposes, the airline said in a statement.

Flynas scaled up its fleet to 38 aircraft in June 2022 compared to 25 aircraft in January 2021, marking an increase of 52 per cent.

The number of passengers on its flights also increased to about four million during the first half of 2022, up nearly 120 per cent from about 1.8 million in the same period last year.

The low-cost carrier connects more than 70 domestic and international destinations and, since its establishment in 2007, has transported more than 60 million passengers, the statement added.

In July, flynas announced the launch of first direct flights between AlUla and the Egyptian capital, Cairo, due to commence in October this year.

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