{"id":13491,"date":"2025-07-13T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13491"},"modified":"2025-07-13T09:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:05:25","slug":"saudi-airline-to-launch-four-new-routes-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13491","title":{"rendered":"Saudi airline to launch four new routes to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Saudi airline\u00a0Flyadeal will launch four new direct flights between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan at the end of August, affirming its growing footprint in the region, Express News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly services from Riyadh to Islamabad, Peshawar, and Sialkot, as well as Dammam to Karachi, will commence between August 24 and 26, with each route operating two to three times per week using Airbus A320 aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>flyadeal starting new flights to Pakistan from Riyadh and Dammam.<\/p>\n<p>Riyadh-Islamabad two weekly from August 24<br \/>\nRiyadh-Peshawar two weekly from August 24<br \/>\nRiyadh-Sialkot three weekly from August 26<\/p>\n<p>Dammam-Karachi three weekly from August 25 pic.twitter.com\/vZL2HSeo9g<br \/>\n\u2014 Pakistan Aviation News \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@avpak3) July 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Riyadh\u2013Sialkot connection is particularly notable, as it reinstates direct service discontinued last year by PIA, making Flyadeal the sole provider on that route.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion underscores Pakistan\u2019s emergence as a fast-growing aviation market for Saudi carriers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, an estimated 5.9 million passengers travelled between the two countries, with seat capacity climbing annually.<\/p>\n<p>Flyadeal entered the Pakistani market in February 2025 with inaugural routes to Karachi from Jeddah and Riyadh. These new paths will effectively double its service level in Pakistan.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi airline\u00a0Flyadeal will launch four new direct flights between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan at the end of August, affirming its growing footprint in the region, Express News reported. The weekly services from Riyadh to Islamabad, Peshawar, and Sialkot, as well as Dammam to Karachi, will commence between August 24 and 26, with each route operating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}