Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, and Air India, India’s leading global airline, have signed a codeshare agreement that will take effect in February. The agreementintroduces a range of benefits for Saudia’s and Air India’s guests, boosting connectivity,enhancing travel experience, strengthening network access, maximising flight options, andsupporting growing demand across tourism, business travel, and wider guest segments.Through the new partnership, guests will enjoy streamlined booking and ticketing, smoothconnections using a single itinerary, and baggage check-through to their final destination.The codeshare will provide Saudia’s guests access to major cities across India via Mumbaiand Delhi, including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Lucknow,and Jaipur and more than 15 other destinations as interline.Air India guests travelling to Jeddah or Riyadh with Air India can take seamless onwardconnections on Saudia-operated flights to Dammam, Abha, Gassim, Gizan, Madinah, andTaif. The addition of codeshare flights on the Jeddah-Riyadh route now allows guests moreflexibility to arrive in one city and depart from another. Connections to select complementaryinternational destinations will be added later this year. H.E. Engr. Ibrahim Al-Omar, Director General of Saudia Group, said: “The codeshareagreement with Air India marks a strategic step forward, given both airlines’ long historiesand their shared commitment to increasing connectivity within their home markets andbetween their countries, while offering guests broader access to more destinations throughsimplified travel procedures that elevate the overall travel experience.”He added: “Saudia’s presence in India spans over 60 years, during which we’ve proudlyserved a wide range of guests and helped foster stronger ties between our two nations.Saudia Arabia is a great place to visit, and with seamless e-visas, stopover visas, and alsovisa-on-arrival for eligible Indian passport holders, it has never been easier to visit the Kingdom.”