CAPA Live: flyadeal frequency back to 90%; int’l “this year”

Saudi LCC flyadeal turned three years old in Sep-2020 and pre-pandemic was about to reach 10 million passengers, but despite the setback is already back to 90% of its frequencies, flying domestically.

Plans to start flying internationally have been pushed back to summer 2021; flyadeal will stay within the region to start with.

There is likely to be some overlap with its sister airline Saudia, but as they have very different customer demographics, they see a role for both airlines.

The LCC will receive A320neo future deliveries, to facilitate growth, and those aircraft are more fuel efficient, which translates to lower fares for the customer.

Talking at CAPA Live on 10-Feb-2021, flyadeal’s CEO Con Korfiatis spoke with CAPA’s EMEA content director Richard Maslen.