Saudi GACA logs 2,033 airline complaints in March 2026
Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) released its March 2026 classification index for airlines and airports based on passenger complaints, reporting a total of 2,033 complaints filed against airlines during the month.
Flyadeal launches record Hajj flying programme
Mon, 20 Apr 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing low-cost airline, has begun the 2026 Hajj season with a schedule to carry almost 85,000 pilgrims during the holy period.
flyadeal announces seat choices for new two-class Airbus A330s
Wed, 15 Apr 2026
flyadeal, Saudia Arabia’s low-cost airline, has chosen European and Asian seat manufacturers to equip its brand new two-class widebody fleet of Airbus A330-900neo aircraft.
flyadeal to launch flights from Jeddah to Dubai
Mon, 13 Apr 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, is launching scheduled flights between Jeddah and Dubai, and reinstating services between the Saudi capital and Dubai, effective 15 April 2026.
flyadeal unveils new cabin crew uniform
Mon, 30 Mar 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has unveiled a newly designed cabin crew uniform which debuted across its four operational bases during Eid Al Fitr.
flyadeal boosts Madinah operations with three new flights
Thu, 26 Feb 2026
Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing low-cost airline flyadeal is expanding operations from its recently set-up Madinah base with the launch of three domestic routes - Jazan on the Red Sea coast; Qassim in the heart of the kingdom and Arar, the capital of the Northern Borders - effective March 1.
flyadeal takes delivery of first new aircraft of 2026
Tue, 17 Feb 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has received its first new aircraft of 2026, an Airbus A320neo, increasing its fleet to 45 jets. Arriving from Airbus’ Toulouse plant, it is flyadeal’s 34th A320neo, contributing to the airline’s all-narrowbody fleet.
flyadeal sees 33pc rise in 2025 passengers
Mon, 26 Jan 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, wrapped up 2025 with record-breaking achievements that marked 12 months of continuous growth. Passenger numbers grew 33 per cent to surpass the 10 million mark for the first time in a calendar year and, in doing so, far outstripped the 21 per cent seat capacity increase during 2025.
flyadeal tops Mena low-cost airline punctuality in 2025
Wed, 14 Jan 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing low-cost airline, scored an unprecedented 12 months of consistent operational punctuality topping the 2025 On-Time Performance (OTP) charts among low-cost carriers in the Middle East and North Africa.
flyadeal adds five routes from new Madinah base
Tue, 06 Jan 2026
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has launched five routes from Madinah, its newest operational base in the Kingdom. The introduction of scheduled flights to Sabiha Gökçen in Istanbul and four domestic cities of Abha, Al Hofuf, Jazan and Tabuk, takes the number of flyadeal destinations from Madinah’s Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport up from three to eight.
flyadeal enhances customer travel experience
Mon, 29 Dec 2025
flyadeal has introduced a raft of customer experience enhancements focused on convenience and flexibility with highlights including 7kg free carry-on baggage on its most basic fare bundle, ‘fly’. In addition, flyadeal is relaunching other ancillary products to enhance customer awareness of its three tier fare bundle products – ‘fly, fly+ and flyMax.
flyadeal female leaders provide inspirational career insights
Sun, 21 Dec 2025
Two of flyadeal’s dynamic female leaders took to the stage in Riyadh with inspirational career insights encouraging women take up a diverse range of roles in aviation, one of the world’s largest and dynamic industries.
flyadeal announces Madinah as fourth Saudi base
Tue, 18 Nov 2025
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing low-cost airline, has announced Madinah as its fourth and newest base in the Kingdom. Two aircraft will be permanently positioned at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport from 1 January 2026.
flyadeal will start flights to Lahore on October 27
Wed, 15 Oct 2025
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, is introducing scheduled flights between Riyadh and Lahore – its fifth destination in Pakistan – effective 27 October 2025.
flyadeal goes live on Amadeus booking platform
Thu, 09 Oct 2025
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has taken another step to widen its distribution strategy by going live on the Amadeus booking platform giving travel agents access to the airline’s growing network of flights.
flyadeal launches non-stop daily flights to Syria
Mon, 06 Oct 2025
flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has launched its non-stop daily flights to the Syrian capital, Damascus. With the start of three flights a week from the Saudi port city of Jeddah October 1, followed 24 hours later by the first of four weekly services from the capital Riyadh.