Saudi Arabian Airlines starts daily flights to Turkey’s Izmir

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will fly its first direct flight to Tukrey’s Izmir on Wednesday. (AFP)

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will fly its first direct flight to Tukrey’s Izmir on Wednesday, a new destination added to its seasonal service.
A daily service four-times-weekly from Jeddah to Izmir will start on Wednesday, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
And starting on June 10, Saudia will be running flights three-times weekly from Riyadh.
Flight SV251 will depart King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah at 10:10 local time Wednesday morning. The expected arrival time in Izmir is 13:35.
The return flight SV250 will take off at 15:05 Wednesday afternoon, to arrive in Jeddah at 18:30 in the evening.
The airline will operate the route with an Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration of 20 seats in business class and 96 seats in guest class (economy).
The flight duration from Jeddah to Izmir is three hours and 25 minutes nonstop, and three hours 55 minutes from Riyadh.
The Kingdom’s national carrier currently flies to 89 destinations across four continents and operates a fleet of narrow-body and wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft.