flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing low-cost airline,
has officially opened a dedicated new sales and marketing office in Islamabad
marking its rapid expansion in Pakistan.On a flying visit to Pakistan’s capital
city, flyadeal Chief Executive Officer Steven Greenway affirmed the airline’s
commitment to being part of the country’s dynamic air travel market.
flyadeal
launched non-stop scheduled flights from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan in February,
connecting Riyadh and Jeddah to the
country’s commercial hub of Karachi which signalled the airline’s first move
into South Asia.Since then flyadeal has significantly scaled up frequency, now
operating 18 non-stop services each week between the two countries serving a
total of five gateway cities in Pakistan – Karachi, Peshawar, Sialkot, Lahore
and Islamabad.
“Our Pakistan
flights have proved a great success since our entry bringing affordable low
fares and reliable punctual services to this exciting market,” said
Greenway.“Having expanded from one to five cities across the country in the
space of just eight months thanks to regulatory and travel industry support,
it’s only a matter of time before we grow further with much-needed additional
capacity and provide the travelling public with wider reach and greater choice
of non-stop flights bridging both countries.”
flyadeal has partnered with leading general sales agent
Matchless Travel to serve the travel trade and members of the public across
Pakistan through its nationwide network of offices.Farooq Ahmad, flyadeal Head
of Sales, added: “flyadeal has developed a great relationship with Pakistan’s
travel agency community, quickly building confidence within the trade of our
value added product offering. Our dedicated sales office in Islamabad
complements the efforts of Matchless by providing increased brand presence and
awareness.”
Following the sales office opening, flyadeal’s senior
management team from head office in Jeddah and Karachi hosted Islamabad’s
travel trade to a thank you dinner.All flyadeal services to and from Pakistan
are operated with Airbus A320 family aircraft in a single 186-seat Economy
Class configuration. The flights cater to a mix of business, leisure, pilgrim
and migrant worker traffic, as well as the large outbound Pakistani expatriate
community living in the Kingdom. Jeddah-bound flights serve as the gateway to
the Saudi holy city of Makkah.
flyadeal operates scheduled flights from bases in
Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam to more than 30 domestic and international seasonal
and year-round destinations in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and South
Asia with a modern fleet of 43 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Effective 1 January 2026, flyadeal will add Madinah as
its fourth base in the Kingdom, a strategic move to enhance air travel options
to and from the Holy city.