{"id":2300043,"date":"2026-06-19T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/riyadh-air-launch-787-london-first-routes-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:01:02","slug":"riyadh-air-launch-787-london-first-routes-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/riyadh-air-launch-787-london-first-routes-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh Air Takes Off &#8211; London First"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>On 10 June 2026, a Boeing 787-9 in a striking deep-violet livery rolled to a stop at London Heathrow. For most travellers it was just another widebody from the Gulf. For the aviation industry, it was the moment a three-year-old PowerPoint finally became a real airline.<\/p>\n<p>That was Riyadh Air&rsquo;s first revenue flight &mdash; and Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s loud, well-funded entry into a Gulf long-haul market already ruled by Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:8px;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#1565c0\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li><strong>Airline:<\/strong> Riyadh Air (RX), Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s new flag carrier, owned by the Public Investment Fund<\/li><li><strong>Launch:<\/strong> first commercial flight Riyadh&ndash;London Heathrow, 10 June 2026 &mdash; brought forward about three weeks<\/li><li><strong>Fleet:<\/strong> Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner; first three delivered in early June 2026<\/li><li><strong>Launch routes:<\/strong> London, Jeddah, Dubai, Cairo, Madrid and Manchester<\/li><li><strong>CEO:<\/strong> Tony Douglas<\/li><li><strong>The goal:<\/strong> turn Riyadh into a global hub under Saudi Vision 2030<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Launch Video to Heathrow<\/h2>\n<p>Riyadh Air was unveiled in 2023 as a wholly owned venture of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund. For three years it existed mostly as branding: a much-admired lavender-and-indigo livery, a slick marketing campaign, and a very large order book. The actual flying kept slipping into the future.<\/p>\n<p>Then the jets started arriving. Riyadh Air took its first two 787-9 Dreamliners on 5 June 2026 and a third two days later, and with metal finally on the ramp it pulled its launch forward by roughly three weeks. London went first.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=14281777  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/riyadh-air-boeing-787-9-heathrow.jpg\" alt=\"A Riyadh Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at London Heathrow\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Riyadh Air&rsquo;s Boeing 787-9 (HZ-RXX) at London Heathrow &#8211; the carrier chose London as its very first destination. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Six Cities in Six Weeks<\/h2>\n<p>The launch schedule is deliberately aggressive. After London on 10 June come Jeddah (14 June), Dubai (18 June), Cairo (25 June), Madrid (17 July) and Manchester (23 July) &mdash; every one of them flown by the 787-9. It is a statement of intent rather than a cautious toe in the water.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;This is just the beginning of our rapid expansion.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Tony Douglas<\/strong> &mdash; CEO, Riyadh Air<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Douglas, who previously ran Etihad, knows exactly how hard it is to build a Gulf hub carrier from scratch &mdash; and how lucrative it can be if it works.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1491032648  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/riyadh-air-787-livery.jpg\" alt=\"A Riyadh Air Boeing 787 in its lavender livery\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Riyadh Air&rsquo;s much-praised livery first appeared on a 787 at the Dubai Airshow in 2023, long before the airline carried a single passenger. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Vision 2030 Bet<\/h2>\n<p>Riyadh Air is not really an airline project; it is a national one. Saudi Arabia wants to convert its geography &mdash; perched between Europe, Africa and Asia &mdash; into the same kind of connecting machine that made Dubai and Doha global names. The plan calls for Riyadh to handle vast passenger volumes and to anchor the kingdom&rsquo;s push to diversify away from oil.<\/p>\n<p>The obstacles are real: the Gulf hub market is crowded, the incumbents are formidable, and brand loyalty takes decades to build. But Riyadh Air has the one thing every startup airline dreams of &mdash; effectively bottomless backing &mdash; and, as of June 2026, it finally has passengers.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3-ZM1jlPIg\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic\">Sources: Riyadh Air; Public Investment Fund; AeroTime; One Mile at a Time; Aerospace Global News.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/emirates-615-seat-a380-premium-economy-retrofit\/\">Emirates Guts Its 615-Seat Monster A380<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 10 June 2026, a Boeing 787-9 in a striking deep-violet livery rolled to a stop at London Heathrow. 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