Saudia

[Scania1800]

No, knowing Boeing they will take a while !
It is Saudi to BHX not Riyadh Air
Saying that wouldnt mind both

Checking the slots the airport is also shown to be JED

 

[Coathanger16]

Boeing are really struggling to deliver as there are still problems so I would hazard a guess of early 2025 for first delivery

The latest delay Is more about errors in some component paperwork and trying to trace it back to where the error started.
So should be back to production soon.

Looks like deliveries could start again this week if all goes to plan (article dated 11th March):

FAA Approves Restarting Boeing 787 Dreamliner Deliveries Nex...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday approved Boeing to resume deliveries of its widebody 787 Dreamliner next week after the planemak

menafn.com

 

[Ray Finkle]

3x weekly from July 2nd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635746598431907849

 

[Timberwolf]

3x weekly from July 2nd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635746598431907849

Excellent news and good timings.

 

[Ray Finkle]

It's now bookable on the Saudia website, as expected it will be a 787-9.

 

[Brum X]

 

[Kevin Farnell]

It's now bookable on the Saudia website, as expected it will be a 787-9.

That's good enough for me!

It's been a while since we've seen that, Brum X

On second thoughts, I wonder if it should be a dancing camel?

 

[Scania1800]

Excellent news and good timings.

Good timing and extremely competitive as emirates big jumbo A380 returns the day before

 

[Vinny94]

So happy to see a new airline at BHX! hope they will be a success and congrats BHX

 

[Scania1800]

So happy to see a new airline at BHX! hope they will be a success and congrats BHX

Personally I think it’s going to be a good route. Birmingham is a multi-cultural city which has loads of people from different kinds of places. This is great as people have an new airline which connects to Asia from Birmingham now.

 

[jfy1999]

Personally I think it’s going to be a good route. Birmingham is a multi-cultural city which has loads of people from different kinds of places. This is great as people have a new airline which connects to Asia from Birmingham now.

The timings seem to be ideal for onward connections to India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand among others.

 

[Coathanger16]

3x weekly from July 2nd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635746598431907849

Nice surprise - starts on my birthday

Going to be a good week or so at the start of July between Saudia, Qatar and Emirates.

 

[nwoody2001]

An interesting tit-bit..... On Sundays through summer there will be a 10-15 minute slot where you could see an EK 388, a QR 788, a SV 789 and a BY 788 on the ground at the same time... defo one for the spotters to enjopy

Just looking on the SV website now and using Sunday 23rd July as a base line, this is how SV compares to the next best 1 stop one-way flights according to Google flights.

Sun 23 Jul

Delhi

SV 14:45hr £920
TK 13:20hr £823

Mumbai

SV 14:00hr £900
TK 13:35hrs £724

Kuala Lumpur

SV 18:00hr £1,070
EK 17:05hr £921

Bangkok

SV 19:10hr £525
QR 15:35hrs £976

Interestingly, the timing are very competitive, normally within an hour of the fastest/cheapest route. BKK is the interesting one... whilst 3.5 hours slower than the next best (QR), its also over £400 cheaper...

whilst SV doesn't have the frequency of others, if your happy to fly on a Tu/Th/Su, seems SV will have come competitive economy fares!

 

[RichL]

It's now bookable on the Saudia website, as expected it will be a 787-9.

If it is / was it isn't now.

Tried one way every day from 2nd July got a bit bored after getting to 15th July and it saying no flights.

Have you got some magic touch?

 

[Coathanger16]

If it is / was it isn't now.

Tried one way every day from 2nd July got a bit bored after getting to 15th July and it saying no flights.

Have you got some magic touch?

Showing on saudia.com and Google Flights for me...

Has flights on sale up until 22nd Feb 2024 on Saudia's website.

 

[RichL]

Thank you - will look again.

Schoolperson error - wasnt looking at Jeddah.

I'll get my coat.

 

[Scania1800]

Showing on saudia.com and Google Flights for me...

Has flights on sale up until 22nd Feb 2024 on Saudia's website.

Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean the service is ending. It’s just the max date your able to book as from now

 

[Nethercote2019]

The fares from U.K. airports are they all same ?

 

[Timberwolf]

If it is / was it isn't now.

Tried one way every day from 2nd July got a bit bored after getting to 15th July and it saying no flights.

Have you got some magic touch?

Managed to do some dummy bookings on Saudia website came up for me.

 

[RichL]

Yep - see above was looking at wrong airport because I'm a tool.