The announcement comes because the Saudi capital undergoes fast growth and positions its aviation sector for important growth.
The plan types one in every of KKIA’s most intensive growth initiatives up to now, 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 element of the transformation is the reorganisation of operations throughout KKIA’s present terminals, whose unique designs have advanced for the reason that airport opened greater than 40 years in the past.
Underneath the up to date association:
- Terminal 5 can be designated for worldwide flights operated by overseas airways
- Terminals 3 and 4 can 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 cut back ready occasions between flights, in the end enhancing the general traveller expertise.
RAC famous that the precise date of activation can be confirmed as soon as all airport sectors and airways full operational readiness checks.
Saudi aviation targets
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 creating air transport infrastructure and reinforcing the Kingdom’s place as a world logistics hub connecting three continents by superior, world-class airport amenities.
Saudi Arabia’s aviation sector has achieved new record-breaking milestones, with 103.1m passengers travelling by the Kingdom’s airports and whole flight actions reaching 713,000 between January and September 2025, in keeping with the Basic Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
