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BA to resume Saudi Arabia services
27 November 2008
British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it will resume services to the Saudi Arabian cities of Jeddah and Riyadh from 29 March next year.
Flights from London Heathrow to these destinations were suspended by the airline in March 2005 due to poor performance.
Their resumption will see five services a week from Terminal 5 to both Jeddah and Riyadh, using a Boeing 777 and a Boeing 767 respectively.
BA commercial director Robert Boyle said that the relaunch of flights to the Saudi Arabian destinations made 'commercial sense' and suggested that the services would prove useful to business customers.
'The oil market is increasingly important globally and inward investment into Saudi Arabia has risen considerably in the last couple of years,' he said.
'We can start these flights now because the aviation market between Britain and Saudi Arabia has recently been liberalised.'
BA's international network will see the airline operating flights to 150 destinations around the world next summer.
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Flights from London Heathrow to these destinations were suspended by the airline in March 2005 due to poor performance.
Their resumption will see five services a week from Terminal 5 to both Jeddah and Riyadh, using a Boeing 777 and a Boeing 767 respectively.
BA commercial director Robert Boyle said that the relaunch of flights to the Saudi Arabian destinations made 'commercial sense' and suggested that the services would prove useful to business customers.
'The oil market is increasingly important globally and inward investment into Saudi Arabia has risen considerably in the last couple of years,' he said.
'We can start these flights now because the aviation market between Britain and Saudi Arabia has recently been liberalised.'
BA's international network will see the airline operating flights to 150 destinations around the world next summer.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
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