FAQ?
Is AirAsia X flying to Saudi Arabia?
On Wednesday, AirAsia X flight D7700 departed Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) at 05:37 on a nine-hour flight to Saudi Arabia. It was the first time an AirAsia X aircraft had flown the route since March 2020, which is now scheduled for six services weekly, not operating on Friday.
Which Middle East countries have nonstop South Asia flights?
Some 11 Middle East countries have nonstop South Asia flights. With more than half (1,663), the UAE is obviously fundamental, trailed by Saudi Arabia (463), Qatar (342), Oman (271), Kuwait (214), and Bahrain (159). Then there's Iraq (22 flights), Iran (15), Israel (3), Yemen (2), and Syria (1).
How did Saudi fans arrive at the airport?
Most Saudi fans arrived to the airport as they presented themselves at the stadium: decorated in green and sometimes holding a flag that would be worn as a cape. You could tell the ones who had flown in just for the day, at least from Riyadh, because they had been handed free green scarves at the airport before departing.
How to get to Saudi Arabia from Qatar?
An alternative was to park at the border and hop on a bus at the Abu Samra, Qatar, checkpoint, as thousands of others had done over the past week. The no-frills bus ride is little more than an hour, but the bus is not the hard part: Abu Samra is hours from any major Saudi city.
