Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines will operate direct flights from Tabuk to Cairo starting Apr. 15, a senior official of the national carrier told Saudi Gazette. Abdul Mohsen Junaid, Saudia's assistant executive director general for commercial affairs, said: "Tabuk will be the sixth station from which direct flights to Egypt are operated. The five others are Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Madinah and Abha.” He said the move was in line with Saudia's strategy to promote its network of international flights according to air traffic requirements and economic feasibility. Junaid said Saudia is at present flying to three stations in Egypt, namely Cairo, Alexandria and Sharm El-Sheikh. He said there would be three weekly flights from Tabuk to Cairo and vice versa on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “The flight from Tabuk will take off at 11:15 a.m., reaches Cairo at noon local time and departs from there at 1 p.m. to arrive in the Kingdom at 3:40 p.m. ,” he said. A total of 1.8 million passengers were transported between the Kingdom and Egypt last year on board 9,956 flights.
