XYKNE593

Nas Air

Saudi Arabia · NAS EXPRESS · Active

XYIATA Code
KNEICAO Code
593Numeric
NAS EXPRESSCallsign
Saudi ArabiaCountry
13In Dataset
ActiveStatus

Airline Identity

Full NameNas Air
Alias
IATA CodeXY
ICAO CodeKNE
Numeric Code593
CallsignNAS EXPRESS
CountrySaudi Arabia
StatusActive
Founded25 February 2007
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

History

The airline was founded in 2007 as "Nas Air", Saudi Arabia's first budget carrier, and began commercial flights that year. In November 2013 it rebranded as "flynas" as part of a repositioning that included the later introduction of a business-class product. It has since grown into the Kingdom's dominant low-cost airline and one of the largest LCCs in the Middle East.

Current Operations

Flynas is Saudi Arabia's largest low-cost carrier, operating a fleet of over 60 Airbus A320-family aircraft (including A320neo and A321neo/XLR variants) with substantial further A320neo orders on backlog. It runs a multi-hub structure from Riyadh (RUH), Jeddah (JED), Dammam (DMM) and Madinah (MED), flying more than 70 domestic and international destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa on roughly 1,500 weekly flights. Flynas is not a member of any of the three major global alliances but holds codeshare agreements with carriers such as Gulf Air and Pegasus Airlines.

Last verified 2026-09-02· Source: airline public disclosures, company press releases & aviation-industry reporting.

Country of Registration

Airlines in country3
Profiled airports3
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Serves These Profiled Airports13

Sample Routes2

RUHKing Khalid International AirportATZAsyut International Airport1,583.7 km
medium-haulinternational
RUHKing Khalid International AirportHTYHatay Airport1,610.1 km
medium-haulinternational