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Flynas
طيران ناس
Logo flynas.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
XY KNE NAS EXPRESS
Founded 2007 (2007)
Commenced operations February 2007 (2007-02)
Operating bases
Fleet size 26
Destinations 23
Company slogan The Kingdom's First Low-Cost Airline
Parent company National Air Services
Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Key people
  • Ayed Al Jeaid (Chairman)
  • Paul Byrne (CEO)
Website www.flynas.com

Flynas (Arabic: طيران ناس‎‎) formerly Nas Air, is a domestic and international low-cost airline based in Saudi Arabia, the country's first and only budget airline.[1] The company's head office is located on the first floor of the Al Salam Centre in Riyadh.[2]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Saudi Arabian Airlines was the only airline in the country until 2006, when budget carriers Nas Air and Sama Airlines got their licenses from the government.[3] Nas Air was founded in 2007 (2007).[4] Operations started in February that year.[3]

The company changed its name from Nasair to Flynas in November 2013 (2013-11).[5][6]

Corporate affairs

Key people

As of April 2015, the CEO position is held by Paul Byrne.[7] Byrne was appointed in November 2014 (2014-11) and succeeded Raja Azmi,[8][9] who had replaced Francois Boutellier in June 2013 (2013-06).[6][10]

Ownership

As of October 2014, Flynas was owned in its majority by National Airline Services Holding (63%); the balance was held by Kingdom Holding.[11]

Destinations

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Assiut and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt became served by the carrier for the first time in 2009, with flights to the latter initially operated on a seasonal basis.[12] In 2011, the airline started services to three cities in Turkey: Adana, Antakya and Istanbul.[13] Also that year, Lahore in Pakistan became the second city served in the country, after Karachi.[14] In February 2013 (2013-02), flights to Yanbu from Dammam were launched. Also that month, the airline started flying from Dammam to Khartoum, with the Sudanese capital becoming the first international destination ever to be linked to the Saudi city.[15]

In February 2014 (2014-02), Flynas introduced its Global Flight Routes program, aimed at offering affordable rates to passengers for flights between Jeddah and points in Africa, Asia and Europe,[16] and at carrying religious tourists to Saudi Arabia.[17] Flynas became the first low-cost carrier to serve the Saudi Arabia-UK market when it launched the Jeddah–London Gatwick service, its first European long-haul route, in April 2014 (2014-04).[18] Medium-haul routes to Karachi and Lahore were also planned, along with long-haul services to Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Casablanca, Manchester and Islamabad.[19] Flights to Iran were also due to commence by the same time.[20]

Manchester became the airline's second destination in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2014 (2014-05-07).[21][22] Cairo was made part of the route network in June 2014 (2014-06), making the Egyptian capital the carrier's seventh destination in the country.[23] The London-Gatwick–Riyadh sector would also be served from 27 July the same year.[24] A month later, it was informed that services to Manchester would be discontinued starting August 2014 (2014-08), just after three months of operations.[25][26] That month, the Indian market was expected to be served for the first time with flights to Hyderabad, followed by Calicut in September 2014 (2014-09).[27] Plans were also to serve France next as well as China, Philippines, Nigeria and South Africa later on.[10] Flynas also expected to serve the US market in 2015.[28]

Manchester was removed from the carrier's list of destinations in early August 2014 (2014-08).[29] In October 2014 (2014-10), Al-Qassim was incorporated to the route network.[30] Also that month, the airline announced the cancellation of most of its long- and mid-haul services owing to poor performance.[17][31][32]

At April 2015 (2015-04), Flynas' three top domestic routes in terms of available seats were Jeddah (JED)–Riyadh (RUH), Dammam (DMM)–RUH and JED–DMM.[7] The carrier also performs Hajj services.[9][33]

Codeshare agreements

A codeshare agreement with Etihad that dates back to 2012 (2012) sees Flynas placing its code on a number of flights operated by Etihad that radiate from Abu Dhabi.[19][34]

Fleet

File:Flynas A320-200 VP-CXR DXB 2014-11-22.jpg
A Flynas Airbus A320-200 at Dubai International Airport in 2014.

In March 2014 (2014-03),[35] Flynas incorporated the first of three Airbus A330s the carrier would lease from Portugal's Hi Fly. These aircraft, including both the –200 and the –300 models, would be used to start long-haul services.[36] The airline also planned to add the Airbus A350 to its fleet.[10]

As of June 2015, the Flynas fleet consists of the following aircraft:[37]

Flynas fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320-200 26 — 8 156 164[38]
Total 26 —

Previously operated

Throughout its history the carried operated the following equipment:

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Contact Us." Nas Air. Retrieved on 3 December 2010. "1st Floor, Al Salam Centre Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Street (Tahlia), Olaya Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Address in Arabic: "مركز السلام، الدور الأول شارع الأمير محمد بن عبد العزيز (التحلية) ، العليا. الرياض، السعودية"
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  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Archived 15 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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