New flights between Manchester and Riyadh go on sale

Riyadh Air’s new service between Manchester and Riyadh has gone on sale.  

Three weekly flights from Manchester, operated by the airline’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, will start on 23 July. 

The services will depart from Manchester at 08:40 and arrive in Riyadh at 17:20. The return flight leaves Riyadh at 01.30 and lands in Manchester at 06.40. The flights will operate on Thursdays, Saturdays and Tuesdays. 

Ticket purchases went live on 7 June.

The airline is also bringing forward the launch of its service between London Heathrow and Riyadh, which was scheduled to start on 1 July, but will now begin on 10 June due to the accelerated delivery of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.