Aegean and Saudia, the Saudi Arabian airline, announced yesterday during the Arabian Travel Market 2024 (ATM) in Dubai, a new partnership for codeshare flights. This new commercial partnership will offer more travel options to passengers of both airlines, who will henceforth benefit from a significantly enhanced flight schedule between Greece and Saudi Arabia.

In particular, with this agreement, passengers will have increased travel options for flights to and from Athens, Jeddah and Riyadh, while enjoying the unique travel experience and high quality travel services offered by both airlines. More specifically, through this agreement, Aegean will add its code to Saudia's flights to and from Jeddah and Riyadh, while Saudia will add its code to Aegean's flights to and from Jeddah and Riyadh.

The code-sharing flights of the two airlines will start immediately, while tickets are already available for booking from the end of April through the airlines' websites aegeanair.com and saudia.com or through travel agents. The two airlines intend to gradually extend their cooperation to other routes.

Mr. Yannis Rasoglou, Aegean's Director of Network and Airline Partnerships, said: "We are delighted to announce the launch of a codeshare partnership with Saudia, the Saudi Arabian carrier. After 10 years of Aegean's presence in Saudi Arabia with direct flights between Athens, Riyadh and Jeddah, and through this agreement we will be able to further enhance the options available to our passengers and facilitate the increase in passenger traffic between the two countries, which is our common goal. Aegean intends to continue strengthening its business in Saudi Arabia by offering more flights all year round and upgrading the travel experience from 2026, following the order of 4 new purpose-built aircraft."

Mr. Arved Von Zur Muehlen, Chief Commercial Officer of Saudia, said: "This new codeshare agreement with Aegean is an important step in expanding our network and offering an even wider range of travel options for our passengers. From now on, Saudia passengers will be able to enjoy seamless connections to exciting new destinations and will also benefit from new services such as digital transit visas and a reciprocal facilities programme. We are confident that this partnership will contribute to the development of tourism in both Saudi Arabia and Greece."