Airline Overview
Saudi Arabian Airlines is the carrier of Saudi Arabia. The company operates scheduled flights for international and domestic travel. The main hub of the airline is located in Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport. There are other hubs that this airline major in, such as Dammam-King Fahd International Airport and Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport. It has about 90 destinations under the current scale.
Company Profile
Saudi Arabian Airlines belongs to the Arab Air Carriers Organization. It was the leader in the region years ago. But in 2006 it was overtaken by Emirate so it is currently the second largest airlines in the region.
In recent years, there are more and more airlines in the Arab region. Therefore, Saudi Arabian Airlines tries its best to maintain the competitiveness. Therefore, it tried to reinforce the company power by introducing frequent-flyer programs like Al-Fursan.
The company is going to join SlyTeam Alliance in the future. This would help Saudi Arabian Airlines gain support from other members of the alliance so that it can maintain high quality of services in the existing locations as well as to explore new markets in other parts of the world. This is regarded as one of the breakthroughs that the company has achieved in the recent years.
Fleet
A wide range of aircrafts are used by this airline to provide services to passengers. This includes Airbus A300-600, A320-200, A330-200, Boeing 747-300, Boeing 777-300ER, etc. The company plans to introduce new flights in the future in order to fit for the development plan set in recent years. This is one of the important steps to help the airline keep its position among all the airlines in the region of Arab.
Destinations
There are a lot of destinations that Saudi Arabian Airlines can reach. For example, it can reach Chennai in India, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Beirut in Lebanon, Brussels in Belgium, Bangkok in Thailand, Bangalore in India, London in the UK, Madrid in Spain, Medina in Saudi Arabia, Milan in Italy, etc. In other words, this airline can reach many of the major cities in the world as well as many cities in the Arab region. Since it is based in Saudi Arabia, there are a lot of domestic locations which are under the destination network of the company. Therefore, it is very convenient if people want to take a domestic flight in this country using services from Saudi Arabian Airlines.
