The announcement comes because the Saudi capital undergoes fast improvement and positions its aviation sector for important enlargement.
The plan types considered one of KKIA’s most in depth improvement initiatives thus far, reflecting a complete operational and organisational improve aligned with RAC’s strategic imaginative and prescient for the way forward for Saudi airports.
King Khalid Worldwide Airport in Riyadh
A central part of the transformation is the reorganisation of operations throughout KKIA’s present terminals, whose unique designs have developed because the airport opened greater than 40 years in the past.
Beneath the up to date association:
- Terminal 5 will likely be designated for worldwide flights operated by overseas airways
- Terminals 3 and 4 will likely be allotted for home flights
- Terminals 1 and a couple of will proceed to serve worldwide flights operated by nationwide airways
The reorganisation is anticipated to extend terminal capability, simplify motion between terminals and scale back ready instances between flights, finally enhancing the general traveller expertise.
RAC famous that the precise date of activation will likely be confirmed as soon as all airport sectors and airways full operational readiness checks.
Saudi aviation objectives
Riyadh Airports Firm, working in coordination with the Basic Authority of Civil Aviation and MATARAT Holding, mentioned the transformation is a part of a broader technique geared toward enhancing passenger expertise, enhancing operational effectivity and elevating service high quality throughout KKIA.
The plan additionally aligns with nationwide aviation goals, strengthening Saudi Arabia’s regional and worldwide management within the sector.
It helps Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030 by growing air transport infrastructure and reinforcing the Kingdom’s place as a world logistics hub connecting three continents via superior, world-class airport amenities.
Saudi Arabia’s aviation sector has achieved new record-breaking milestones, with 103.1m passengers travelling via the Kingdom’s airports and complete flight actions reaching 713,000 between January and September 2025, in accordance with the Basic Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
