Nesma domestic flights by November

Nesma Airlines is expected to launch domestic flights in the Kingdom in November. The Saudi-owned, Egypt-based airline presently operates flights between the two countries with three Airbus A320s and one A319. Its domestic Saudi operation will connect the northern city of Hail with 12 points around the Kingdom, utilizing a pair of ATR 72-600 turboprops. The initial routes flown by the 68-seaters will be Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam. “We will build our business model at Hail in two directions — first one, direct flights to Hail; and the other one, feeder flights,” Managing Director Ashraf Lamloum told Al Arabiya.