Saudi Arabia's flyadeal has opened its new Integrated Operations Control Center as part of its preparations for a major phase of operational expansion, supported by the successive deliveries of its new fleet, with the aim of improving the efficiency of daily flight management and keeping pace with the rapid growth in the volume of operations.
The center was opened in the presence of Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, along with Eng. Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Omar, Director General of Saudia Group and Chairman of the Board of flyadeal, and flyadeal CEO Steven Greenway, according to a post on flyadeal's LinkedIn account.
The new operations center is four times the size of its previous site and includes additional screens and advanced technologies for monitoring operations, as well as larger workspaces to accommodate growing teams. The center oversees flight management and scheduling, the coordination of flight crew resources and the monitoring of aircraft maintenance, in addition to handling operational emergencies, giving top priority to safety standards and on-time performance.
Steven Greenway, flyadeal's CEO, explained that the operations center is the company's operational heart, where key decisions are made on flight management and coordination with airports across the operating network, within a round-the-clock monitoring system.
He added that the launch of the center coincides with operations reaching record levels, with about 250 daily departures for the first time since the company's first flights in 2017, and stressed that the new center was designed to meet current and future needs, especially as the airline moves toward international expansion in the coming years.
For his part, Mohamed Ashour, head of the Integrated Operations Control Center, noted that the development of the control center reflects flyadeal's commitment to operational excellence, and stressed its role in enhancing real-time communication and information sharing with the various stakeholders, including flight crews, ground operations teams and passengers.
The airline currently operates up to 250 scheduled flights a day, and the number of passengers on its flights exceeded 10 million a year for the first time this year. It has also recorded the best on-time performance among low-cost carriers in the Middle East for 11 consecutive months.
The company operates flights from its bases in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam to more than 30 scheduled and seasonal domestic and international destinations in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and South Asia, with a modern fleet of 43 Airbus A320 aircraft, and aims to expand to more than 100 destinations and operate 100 aircraft by 2030.
flyadeal is scheduled to add Madinah as its fourth operating base from January 1, 2026, in a strategic move aimed at supporting the expansion of its destination network and boosting air traffic to serve pilgrims and Umrah performers, helping to ease their arrival and travel.
To view the post on flyadeal's LinkedIn account, click here.
