In a recent announcement, British Airways has announced that it would resume its flight services between Heathrow and Saudi Arabia with effect from 29th March next year.

Following the start of the service, the carrier will offer five flights a week from Terminal 5 to Saudi Arabian cities including Jeddah and Riyadh. The airline has stated that the tickets are already put on sale from Wednesday, 26th November.

While stating the rationale behind reinstating the route once again, a statement published on the BA website observed, "We are able to restart flights because the aviation market between the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently been liberalised.

Earlier, BA withdrew its flights services between Heathrow and Saudi Arabia in March 2005 blaming that the route was no longer viable on commercial grounds.

The carrier said a Boeing 777 aircraft would be deployed for services to and from Riyadh. On the other hand, a Boeing 767 would be used to and from Jeddah.

A recent announcement by BMI said it would double the number of flights offered to the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh with effect from 15th January next year. The move by the airline would take up the number of services in the route from three to six per week.