(MENAFN- Asdaf News)
The largest order of its kind in the region at the time-a $10 billion order to buy 120 aircraft from Airbus-flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, announced that it had welcomed three aircraft-one wide-body Airbus A330 and two new A320neo-as part of the second batch of 19 new aircraft that will be delivered in 2023.
The three aircraft landed in Riyadh and Jeddah; the new A320neos did so on May 3 and 4 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the A330 did so on Saturday at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah (May 6).
48 aircraft make up the flynas fleet now, an increase of 84% over the first quarter of 2021 when there were only 26.
“Taking delivery of the three aircraft coincides with the recovery witnessed by the travel and tourism sector, with expectations of distinguished growth figures in the current summer season of 2023, especially with flynas adding 10 new destinations and routes in Asia and Europe as of next June, with the aim of boosting its ever-growing international network of flights. The delivery also coincides with the approaching Hajj season, in which the company plans to transport the largest possible number of pilgrims and visitors to the Two Holy Mosques,” he added.
flynas is moving forward with its expansion plans in its network of destinations, which requires upscaling its aircraft fleet. Almohanna explained,“We recently launched two destinations to Baghdad and Erbil in Iraq, and we also signed an agreement with the Air Connectivity Program to launch five direct international destinations to the capitals of Iraq, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as to the second largest Kyrgyz city of Osh, in order to facilitate the arrival of visitors, pilgrims, and Umrah performers to the Kingdom, in line with the National Civil Aviation Strategy to reach 330 million passengers increase the number of international destinations linked to the Kingdom to more than 250 destinations by 2030”.
The flynas Board of Directors has decided to expand the company's new aircraft orders to 250 aircraft. This will make flynas the largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa region and will improve its capacity to help achieve the Civil Aviation Strategy's objectives.
The A320neo propels flynas' performance in sustainability and environmental protection as the most modern and fuel-efficient single-aisle airplane in the world. As the fourth wide-body aircraft of its sort in the flynas fleet, the most recent A330 strengthens its medium- and long-haul routes.
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