Saudia will fly six times a week to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on 787-9 aircraft from June 1 – increasing to daily services from August.
This takes the long haul destinations you can fly to from Gatwick to 48.
But what are the other 47 long haul destinations you can fly to from Gatwick? He is a list including 15 in North America, 11 in the Caribbean, five in Mexico and South America, 2 in the Middle East, 7 in Africa and seven in South & South East Asia.
What counts as a long haul flight? In the UK, airlines generally class 7 hours or longer as long haul.
Here are those destinations and the airport codes.
5. Los Angeles - LAX
Another US city which Gatwick has recently launched to. Photo: Stephen Dunn
6. Las Vegas
The gambling city of the world is a new long haul destination for Gatwick Photo: Robert Mora
7. Orlando - MCO
The home of all things Disney and Universal Photo: Handout
8. Orlando - MLB
Melbourne Orlando International Airport is the lesser known of the Florida airports Photo: Handout