Welcome to my 180th weekly routes article! It includes five mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between August 19 and 25 . Few routes begin in August, so the offering is smaller than usual. And not all that started in the past week had celebratory photos, which is a shame.

flyadeal's New Pakistan Routes Take Off

The little-discussed flyadeal is the lower-cost unit of Saudia. It has existed since 2017. Last October, its CEO, Steven Greenway, described it as this: "We’re a bus. That’s what we are. We are unashamedly a bus.” It knows its market position, which is critical.

Greenway also said that 20% of its passenger traffic is international, which is expected to grow to 35% by the end of this year. This probably includes both scheduled and pilgrim

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