The ancient desert tombs and stunning canyons of Saudi Arabia’s desert landscape are about to get easier to reach for international travellers. From January 30 onwards, regular direct flights from Europe to Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia will take off for the first time, when Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport launches a five-hour connection to the recently expanded Al-Ula International Airport. Long a notoriously difficult place to reach for both logistical and political reasons, the historic region of Al-Ula in the north-west of Saudi Arabia is now the destination of a Saudia flight initially scheduled…