Terminal 1’s main Western-style newsstand, Relay fills the gaps duty-free leaves.
In King Khalid’s Terminal 1, Relay is the stand-by stop when you realize duty-free doesn’t have magazines, chips, or a phone cable. It sits airside in the main departures area, so you hit it after passport control and security, not before. Think Western-style newsstand more than souvenir shop: international periodicals, bottled drinks, and travel basics all crammed into a relatively small footprint.
Print selection leans international, with English-language magazines and a mix of global newspapers that change based on the day’s deliveries. You’ll pay standard airport markups: expect snack bags around SAR 8–15 and bottled water in the SAR 4–7 range. Candy and packaged biscuits are cheaper here than in many branded cafés in Terminal 1, and you can usually grab a cold drink faster than waiting in a coffee queue.
Relay also carries practical gear that saves a scramble at the gate: basic headphones, universal adapters, USB charging cables, power banks, pens, and neck pillows. Prices on electronics skew high compared with Riyadh city shops, but that SAR 80–120 power bank beats a dead phone on a three-hour flight. Stock is straightforward: no luxury electronics, just functional items that fix last-minute problems.
If your time is tight, hit Relay first, then browse duty-free later. The shelves turn over quickly on busy evening banks of flights, so grab water and any cable or adapter you need earlier in the day rather than hoping it will still be there at boarding.