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British Airways to resume Saudi Arabia flights

British Airways has announced that it plans to resume its schedule of flights from London Heathrow Airport to Saudi Arabia in 2009. BA will restart its flights from Heathrow to the Saudi cities of Jeddah and Riyadh from March 29th next year, for the first time since the routes were discontinued in March 2005. British Airways will enhance the schedule of flights with five services a week to Riyadh and Jeddah. Resumed flights to Riyadh will be served by a Boeing 777 aircraft, while the Jeddah route will be operated by a Boeing 767. Both routes will be based at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Robert Boyle, British Airways' commercial director said: 'Resuming these flights makes commercial sense. The oil market is increasingly important globally and inward investment into Saudi Arabia has risen considerably in the last couple of years. 'We can start these flights now because the aviation market between Britain and Saudi Arabia has recently been liberalised. ' During the summer 2009 season, British Airways will operate flights to 150 destinations around the world.

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