All Flynas articles
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Saudi carrier Flynas modernises widebodies with A330neo agreement
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas is modernising its widebody operations, with a preliminary agreement for 15 Airbus A330-900s while expanding its single-aisle fleet with another 75 A320neo-family jets. Flynas will use the A330neos in a two-class configuration, seating up to 400 passengers. The twinjets are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 ...
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Saudi authorities probe A320neo runway-edge excursion after unstable landing
Saudi Arabian authorities are probing a serious landing incident, including a runway excursion, involving an Airbus A320neo at Riyadh.
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New Saudi lessor AviLease carries out first deliveries
New Saudi Arabian lessor AviLease has carried out its first deliveries, with the handover of two Airbus A320neos to local operator Flynas. AviLease was established in June as an aviation finance and leasing company, wholly-owned by the kingdom’s sovereign Public Investment Fund and specialising in new-generation aircraft. The company, which ...
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Wizz Air predicts ‘long-term’ Saudi role as it connects nine more European points
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced a string of new routes between Europe and Saudi Arabia as it seeks to play its part in the kingdom’s ambitions to expand its aviation sector.
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Saudi carrier Flynas becomes first customer for kingdom’s new lessor
Newly-established Saudi Arabian lessor AviLease has identified budget carrier Flynas as it first customer, to which it will supply 12 Airbus A320neos. AviLease has been set up by the Saudi sovereign Public Investment Fund. The company has hosted a formal launch event in London during the Farnborough air show. AviLease ...
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Airline Business
More airlines able to look forward with confidence about recovery
A notable theme over the past week has been the shift in global airline narrative towards renewal, as more markets emerge from the worst of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Flynas signs off on strategy envisaging raising aircraft orders to 250
Saudi Arabian budget operation Flynas has outlined a strategic plan for the remainder of the decade under which it intends to lift its aircraft orders to 250.
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Flynas firms up order for 10 A321XLRs
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas signed a firm order today at the Dubai air show for 10 Airbus A321XLRs, upgrading the MoU it signed at the Paris air show in June.
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PARIS: Flynas opts to take A321XLRs
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas has disclosed that it is tentatively taking 10 Airbus A321XLRs, and is converting 10 A320neos to the larger A321neo variant.
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Jet Airways and Flynas in extensive codeshare deal
Jet Airways and Flynas have entered into an extensive codeshare agreement, targeted at enhancing connectivity between India and Saudi Arabia.
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PICTURES: Flynas receives first A320neo
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas has taken delivery of its first of 80 A320neo family aircraft. Deliveries of CFM International Leap-1A-powered twinjets are due to run until 2026.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Five pain points in airline tech and distribution
Flight Events and research company T2RL recently held the annual Technology & Innovation in Airline Distribution Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Flynas returns to Abu Dhabi with Riyadh flights
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas is to add flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi next month as part of revamped codeshare partnership with UAE carrier Etihad Airways.
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Flynas targeting 'moderate' profit in 2015: chief
Flynas chief executive Paul Byrne is seeking to inculcate a "low-cost way of thinking" at the Saudi carrier in order to achieve a "moderate" profit this year.
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ROUTES: Flynas to start US flights in 2015
Flynas is planning to triple its Airbus A330 fleet to 12 aircraft by 2017 as the Saudi Arabian budget carrier aims to expand its new long-haul operations to Africa and North America.