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.
9. Montreal - YUL
Quebec's largest city, Montreal is set on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart Photo: SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN
10. New York - JFK
A hugely popular destination with it being one of the world's major commercial, financial and cultural centres. Photo: ANGELA WEISS
11. San Francisco -SFO
Home of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. A new destination for Gatwick Photo: Justin Sullivan
12. Tampa - TPA
Another city in Florida where you can fly to from Gatwick. Home of the NFL team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Photo: Mike Ehrmann