flynas launches first direct flight from Jeddah to Bodrum and Salalah

flynas, the Middle East’s leading low-cost carrier, has launched its first direct flight from Jeddah to Bodrum in Turkey and Salalah in Oman, commencing two new routes to the two cities and further expanding its international network.

The Consul General of the Sultanate of Oman in Jeddah and representatives from flynas and Jeddah Airports Company attended the ceremony held today, Saturday, June 24, to mark the launch of the first nonstop flights from King Abdulaziz International Airport to Salalah, in addition to Bodrum.

Three weekly direct flights will operate on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between Jeddah and Salalah, Oman’s third largest city, which attracts many visitors with its beauty and green spaces during the summer.

Two weekly flights from Jeddah to Bodrum will also operate on Saturday and Wednesday, providing more travel options for flynas guests as the flagship low-cost carrier operates another direct route from Riyadh to the Turkish city, which is one of Turkey’s top tourist cities and the number one tourist hub on the Aegean coast.

flynas will add 10 new destinations and routes in Asia and Europe during the 2023 summer season, starting this June, as the leading Saudi carrier continues to expand its growing international network, bringing the total number of summer destinations to 20. With a fleet of 94 aircraft, flynas connects more than 70 domestic and international destinations with more than 1,500 weekly flights and has carried more than 60 million passengers since its launch in 2007.

flynas’ success has been crowned with several international awards, including the Skytrax Global Award at 3202 for the sixth consecutive year, which is the highest award given in the aviation industry at the global level since its launch in 1999, with Skytrax being ranked as the fourth best low-cost airline in the world, in addition to the award “Best Low-cost Airline in the Middle East” in 2022, at the World Travel Awards for the eighth consecutive year.

flynas also received the highest rating in the rating conducted by the non-profit organization “APEX”, one of the largest international airline associations, where the evaluation included 600 airlines of various categories around the world, and flynas came in the four-star category, the highest category of low-cost aviation.