Jeddah, February 15, 2019, SPA -- Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) will launch its new international destinations to Athens in Greece, on June 5, 2019, as the first international destination in 2019, by operating four flights a week from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. SAUDIA's Director General Saleh bin Nasser Al Jasser said in a statement today that operating direct flights to Athens comes in the context of the investment in the new fleet and expand the SAUDIA's operations in the international sector, which achieved during in 2018 a big leap (11%) over 2017 as the sector witnessed an unprecedented expansion in the number of new destinations. --SPA 15:13 LOCAL TIME 12:13 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w837486