Originally Posted by
Rutan16
The business model of Riyadh Air is to take over all international long haul flights from the capital with Saudia becoming the prime carrier at Jeddah . Both will be tasked with differing target markets and won’t be competitors in the western “free market “ sense at all.
I expect the two daily Saudia flights from Heathrow to simply be transferred to the new carrier in the first instance.
A third carrier is also being planned for leisure markets operating out of Neom and Red Sea international airports.Currently one/two Saudia flights a week serves Neom from Heathrow enroute Jeddah and as demand increases that would be transferred to the new airline - Now I would also expect that carrier to use the Gatwick slots in time.
Beyond London, Edinburgh will see Saudia at some point and Manchester has an additional Saturday rotation already. Birmingham will certainly go daily soon.
When talking of Saudi I wouldn’t be surprised to see Flynas try again especially against the proposed Wizz flights at some point . Flynas “might” be a target for MAG Group with a right deals
Of course I'm totally aware of absolutely everything you have mentioned and I'm sure others are too.
Regarding Flynas.
I mentioned Flynas in my previous post #1396.