On August 4th, passengers prepared to board a direct flight to Beijing at the boarding gate of King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On the early morning of the 4th local time, Saudi Arabian Airlines' first direct flight to Beijing departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport in the western port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and flew to Beijing Daxing International Airport. This is the second direct passenger route opened by Saudi Arabia to China since Guangzhou.