LOT Polish Airlines, Condor and United Airlines are expanding their international networks on routes to and from Europe over the coming weeks.
Warsaw-Riyadh
LOT Polish Airlines is set to launch flights to Riyadh, starting June 4, marking its entry into the Saudi Arabian market.
The service will operate three times a week between Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) using Boeing 737-8 aircraft, with an estimated 6-hr. 30-min. flight duration.
The decision to inaugurate the WAW-RUH route was bolstered by Saudi Arabia’s inclusion of the European Union in its e-visa system in June 2023, facilitating travel and tourism between the two regions.
The route is being supported by the Saudi Air Connectivity Program (ACP), established to expand the number of nonstop connections to and from Saudi Arabia as part of the country’s ambition to increase inbound tourists to 100 million by 2030.
Riyadh has six nonstop connections to points in Central and…