Saudia to resume flights to 13 more destinations in Nov, including cities in India

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will restart flights to 13 additional international destinations starting in November, it has announced.

Taking to Twitter, the airline said the additional routes will increase the total number of international destinations to 33. The new destinations include cities in the Middle East, India and China, among others.

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

Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Beirut and Kuwait [already flying to Amman and Dubai]

Europe and the US: Milan [already flying to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Paris and Washington DC]

Asia: Delhi, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Kochi, Lahore, Multan, Mumbai and Peshawar [already flying to Islamabad, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur and Manila]

Africa: [already flying to Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Cairo, Khartoum, Nairobi and Tunis]

تعلن #الخطوط_السعودية للمسافرين المصرّح لهم عن جدول التشغيل التدريجي للرحلات الدولية لـ33 وجهة حتى الآن ✈️?

SAUDIA announces for permitted travelers the international flights’ resumption schedule for 33 destinations so far ✈️?#SAUDIA pic.twitter.com/1DZ84qSJut

— السعودية | SAUDIA (@Saudi_Airlines) October 23, 2020

Saudia urged all travellers to follow the Covid-19 guidelines and requirements. It also confirmed that all international flights to and from Jeddah will be operated from Terminal 1.

Read: Saudia resumes flights to 20 international destinations

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 2021.

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