flynas opens office in Tashkent and reinforce its network in central Asia
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To reinforce its position and network in central Asia region, flynas opened its office in the capital, Tashkent. The opening aligns with flynas growth and expansion strategy, launched under the title 'We Connect the World to the Kingdom,' in parallel with the objectives of the National Civil Aviation Strategy to enable national air carriers to contribute to connecting KSA with 250 International destinations and to accommodate 330 million passengers and to host 150 million tourists yearly by 2030 and the objectives of the Pilgrims Experience Program (PEP) to facilitate access to the Two Holy Mosques. In the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Yousef Algahrah, and Uzbekistan's Vice Minister of transportation, within its plans to expand its international network especially during the Umrah and Hajj seasons.
flynas has been operating 5 weekly flights to Tashkent from Jeddah since 2022, in addition to 4 weekly flights to Namangan, the third largest city in Uzbekistan, also from Jeddah. Furthermore, flynas is the largest Saudi carrier operating direct flights from the Kingdom to Central Asia, including Almaty in Kazakhstan and the two cities of Bishkek and Osh in Kyrgyzstan. flynas operates 139 routes to more than 70 domestic and international destinations in 30 countries with more than 1500 weekly flights and has flown more than 80 million passengers since its launch in 2007, with the aim to reach 165 domestic and international destinations within its growth and expansion plan, and in line with the objectives of Vision 2030.
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