flynas, Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, has launched its new hub at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, starting from Dec. 12. The announcement was made at a press conference attended by key officials from Madinah Airport and the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA).

Wael Mohammed Al-Sarhan, director of marketing and communication at flynas, said: “Madinah is a key destination in our expansion plans due to its city’s position in the Islamic World and due to its increasing economic growth, add to that our quest to provide the best air transport solutions in to both citizens and residents to and from the Kingdom.” He added: “This expansion is a vital part of our 20X20 strategy targeting our goal of 20 million passengers by 2020.”

Abdulilah Al-Eadi, director ground operations in flynas, extended his appreciation and gratitude to the management of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport and said: “We have received a huge amount of support from the management of Madinah Airport, which contributed to the launch of our operations in record time. We have also received unlimited support in facilitating the necessary requirements to begin operations and are quite confident that these efforts are only the beginning of a long-term relationship and partnership between flynas and Prince Mohammed bin Fahd International Airport working together as one team to serve passengers to and from Madinah.”

The launch of the new hub resulted in flynas increasing the frequency of domestic flights from Madinah with two flights a day to Jeddah, one flight daily to Dammam, two flights daily to Riyadh and three flights a week to Jazan.

In addition, flynas is adding high frequency flights from Madinah to two new international destinations, Jordan and Turkey with three flights a week to Amman, Istanbul, and Antakya, and two flights a week to Kuwait.