Saudi Arabia to Increase Airline Capacity for Summer Season

Saudi Arabia intends to add more flights in anticipation of a pick up in demand as travelers anticipate summer season.

The country recorded a 15.4 percent week-om-week increase in airline capacity over the last week of March, according to flight intelligence company, OAG.

OAG said that if airline capacity continues its upward trend, it will be heading for the best week in over twelve months.

UAE has also been listed in OAG’s top 20 markets list, at 640,879 scheduled seats over the same period, up 6.8 percent week-on-week.

The latest airline to add capacity to Saudi Arabia is Oman Air which started flying to Riyadh again today, with four flights per week. Oman Air resumed flights to Dammam on 28th March.