KLM launches twice weekly service to Riyadh

Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) has introduced a new route between Amsterdam and Riyadh. This route marks KLM’s very first operation through King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) Riyadh.

KLM will operate two flights a week between Riyadh and the Dutch capital.

The inauguration ceremony of this new route and the arrival of the first flight from Amsterdam were attended by Janet Alberda, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia, Hamid Sait, Country Manager of KLM and Abdulaziz Al-Asaker, General Manager Aeronautical Business Development at Riyadh Airports.

Janet Alberda said, “Riyadh has a strategic location ripe with economic and tourism opportunities and capabilities. The launch of this new route will open new avenues to elevate tourism between Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Europe, benefit passengers traveling along this route, as well as offer companies and mainstay industries in the Netherlands an opportunity to witness and invest in the ongoing transformation of Saudi Arabia.”