Etihad becomes first foreign airline to land at new Jeddah terminal

UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways became the first foreign airline to land at the new Jeddah terminal, it said in a statement on Sunday.

The airline’s flights to Jeddah have relocated from the old terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport to the new terminal 1 from Nov.18.

The Abu Dhabi-based airline operates 84 weekly passenger frequencies from Abu Dhabi to Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah, and Dammam. It recently expanded its codeshare with Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), placing its codeshare on flights to Peshawar, Multan, Port Sudan and Vienna.