A Saudi Airlines' Boeing 777 flight has landed, at King Khalid International Airport here on Friday evening, carrying 187 Saudi nationals, males and females, coming from Los Angeles, USA, in line with exceptional flights run to implement the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and HRH Crown Prince directives to bring back Saudi citizens outside the Kingdom, to home, especially as flights have, recently, been suspended due to combat novel Coronavirus' measurements, including curfews and lockdowns. Consequently, various flights were dedicated to this purpose and destined to several international terminals., all over the world. Saudi Airlines, as the national carrier, has run 40 hour-long direct flights on the itinerary from Los Angeles to Riyadh via Jeddah, considered among the longest direct flight lines, internationally set, as that flight covers a distance of about 13.4 thousand km, 17 hours flight each way. It is noteworthy that the flight that landed at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, has left Jeddah in early Thursday morning. Before landing, the flight landed in Jeddah, before resuming flight to Riyadh. Saudi Airlines flight from Jeddah to Los Angeles then to Riyadh, with stopover, in Jeddah, has set a record in distance, timing and number of the crews aboard, a matter that captured great follow up and attention of the social networking websites. Moreover, the national carrier is running likewise flights to otherwise intercontinental destinations, to repatriate Saudi nationals willing to come back to home, nowadays.
