Ukrainian lowcoster SkyUp has started operating flights on the route Dammam – Lviv. On August 6, the first new regular flight arrived at the Lviv airport, and the evening before, the first passengers flew from Lviv to Damman, Saudi Arabia’s fastest growing city and a major oil center on the Persian Gulf just across the bridge from the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Flynas will operate flights twice a week.

Departure from Lviv will take place on Mondays and Thursdays, and from Dammam – on Tuesdays and Fridays.

On Monday, the plane departs from Lviv at 22:10 (after August, 30 at 22:20), and on Tuesday, it returns back to Lviv at 08:55 (after August, 31 at 09:10). Departure from Lviv on Thursday takes place at 23:10, and arrival in Lviv is on Friday at 10:00.

Let us recall that the first regular flight from Saudi Arabia landed in Lviv on July 3. The low-cost carrier from Saudi Arabia Flynas flies to Lviv every Tuesday and Saturday.

For more information on the recent and first-ever influx of tourists from Saudi Arabia to Ukraine:

«Saudia Arabians: Ukrainian Hospitality Reminds Us of Home»

«Lviv Becomes a Center for Tourists from Saudi Arabia»

Translated by Vitalii Holich

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