flyadeal (F3, Jeddah International) is contemplating introducing widebodies to its fleet to expand its international operations, with India being its primary target for 2025, CEO Steven Greenway has said during a recent conference in Dubai.
“The [Indian] subcontinent is certainly something that is on our radar for the next 12 months, particularly India for the sheer market size,” he said at Skift Global Forum East, adding that the airline will be targeting “everything from pilgrims coming from the UK for Hajj or Umrah, to work traffic coming from southeast Asia, Thailand for example.”
The chief executive also expects flyadeal’s domestic routes to grow to 25 from 19, but he expects most of the growth to come from international operations. ch-aviation schedules data shows that the airline operates mostly domestic flights, with the exception of services to and from Egypt, Iraq, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates.
flyadeal does not operate any in-house widebodies, but wet-leases an A330-200 from Jordan Aviation (R5, Amman Queen Alia). ADS-B data shows that the aircraft mostly operates on the Jeddah International-Baghdad route, with a stopover in Madinah.
The in-house fleet of the Saudia (SV, Jeddah International) subsidiary consists of eleven A320-200s and twenty-five A320-200Ns.
Last month, Greenway said that flyadeal was evaluating both the A330 and the B787 for its widebody fleet.
