DOHA, Qatar, 13 November 2025: Qatar Airways will embark on its latest route expansion in Saudi Arabia, the airline’s CEO, Engr Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, confirmed during a panel discussion, “Tourism Rising: A New Era of Influence and Impact”, at the TOURISE Summit 2025 in Riyadh, 11 to 13 November.
From 5 January 2026, Qatar Airways will launch three weekly flights to Hail (HAS), making it the 13th Saudi city to be served by the airline in addition to increasing services to Jeddah (JED) and Riyadh (RUH) from six to seven daily flights.
“At Qatar Airways, we are proud to see our presence continually grow in both scale and significance across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our network now spans every major region of the Kingdom, and over the past 12 months, we have connected nearly 2.5 million passengers in the Kingdom to our global network. This is a reflection of the level of trust travellers in Saudi Arabia place in our airline and the excellence of our services across the Saudi market.”
Qatar Airways flights to Hail International Airport (HAS)
This development follows a strong year of operational growth for Qatar Airways in Saudi Arabia, including the resumption of flights to Abha earlier this year, and the launch of services to The Red Sea in October, making the airline the first international carrier to connect The Red Sea to over 170 global destinations.
With Qatar Airways’ new route to Hail, the airline’s footprint in the Kingdom will expand to 13 destinations served with more than 150 weekly flights, providing travellers across Saudi Arabia with convenient access to over 170 global destinations through the airline’s Doha hub, Hamad International Airport.
(Source: Qatar Airways)
