flynas takes first widebody

flynas (XY, Riyadh) has taken delivery of its first two widebody aircraft in the form of A330-300s HZ-NE24 (msn 1607) and HZ-NE22 (msn 1745).

HZ-NE24 was delivered to Jeddah on October 24, followed by HZ-NE22 on December 7. Neither has been deployed into revenue service so far. The two ex-Turkish Airlines aircraft are configured in a single-class layout, seating up to 337 passengers. They are both owned by Park Aerospace Holdings and managed by Avolon, the ch-aviation fleets ownership module shows.

The Saudi low-cost carrier had initially planned to take the two A330s in late 2021. It did not reveal the exact plans for the type, although in the past it wet-leased A330s for Hajj and Umrah flights to Jeddah/Madinah.

flynas did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment concerning its A330 plans.

The LCC also operates thirteen A320-200s and twenty-eight A320-200Ns. It has a further fifty-nine A320-200Ns and ten A321-200NY(XLR)s on firm order from Airbus and is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing about potentially increasing its backlog.

Ch Aviation