Red Sea International Airport

International airport in Saudi Arabia

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Red Sea International Airport (IATA: RSI, ICAO: OERS) (Arabic: مطار البحر الأحمر الدولي) is an international airport in Hanak, Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia serving the sustainable tourism megaproject in development called the Red Sea Project. Designed by British architects Foster + Partners, the airport began operations on September 21, 2023, and is expected to service one million passengers in 2030.^[2]^[3]

Background

The airport is purposely situated 20 km from the coastal lagoons and islands that are also in development as part of The Red Sea Project. The airport will be able to serve amphibious seaplanes with a dedicated water runway.^[4]

On 20 and 21 July 2022, the first flight tests were carried out at the airport.^[5]

On 21 September 2023, Saudia launched the first regular service between King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Red Sea International, operating twice weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays.^[6]

On 18 April 2024, Red Sea International Airport welcomed its first international flight from Dubai International Airport via flydubai.^[7]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Saudia	Jeddah,^[8] Riyadh^[8]
Flydubai	Dubai–International^[9]

References

^ https://twitter.com/RedSeaGlobal/status/1473618425314430980 ^{[bare URL]}
^ Ravenscroft, Tom (26 February 2021). "Construction begins on Foster + Partners' Red Sea International Airport in Saudi Arabia". Dezeen. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ Radwan, Rawan (11 February 2021). "Red Sea Project set to secure new financing, launch off-plan sales: CEO". Arab News. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ Godinho, Varun (21 September 2022). "John Pagano details the development plans for the Red Sea Project in Saudi Arabia". Business Trveller. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ Mahdi, Wael (31 July 2022). "'Send my bags to the resort please': Welcome to TRSDC's new airport". Arab News. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Saunders, Eddie (21 September 2023). "Red Sea Global celebrates first flight to new airport". Airlinergs. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "FlyDubai to service Red Sea airport, marks first intl. flight to Saudi destination". Al Arabiya. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Saudia Inaugurates Red Sea International Airport Service in late-Sep 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ Corder, Josh (29 March 2024). "Flydubai Launches Flights to Saudi's The Red Sea – $850 Round Trip". Skift. Retrieved 30 March 2024.