Doha – Mubasher: Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it has increased its flights between Doha and Riyadh by 40% to 20 flights per week starting from September 2016.

According to a statement, the state-owned carrier will raise the number of daily flights to Riyadh to three flights as of 1 September.

Thus, the total number of flights to Saudi Arabia will reach 143 per week with the increase in the number of flights to Jeddah into four per day.

Qatar Airways senior vice president for Commercial Middle East and Africa Ehab Amin said: “Increasing our capacity to Riyadh, on top of our recently announced frequency increases to Jeddah and Medina, reflects the importance of Saudi Arabia to Qatar Airways”.