Company Insights Riyadh Air Aviation Riyadh Air News Aviation Airports consider ‘transit hotels’ for 6-hour stays Saudi Arabia’s aviation expansion could stretch to transit hotels inside airport terminals where customers can pay for stays of less than the standard 24 hours. A Hong Kong-based company is developing the concept in the Gulf, with hotels offering six and 12-hour stays already established in Jeddah and Abu Dhabi, and a Muscat hotel that […] June 9, 2024 Aviation Etihad and China Eastern forge new network alliance Etihad Airways and China Eastern Airlines have agreed to expand connectivity between the UAE and China. The UAE national airline and the Shanghai-based carrier signed a joint venture agreement – the first commercial one between a Middle Eastern airline and a Chinese airline – to jointly develop the routes. The move will broaden the network […] June 6, 2024 Aviation Flyadeal confirms order of 51 Airbus narrowbody jets Flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has ordered 51 narrowbody Airbus aircraft to fuel its expansion plans. The carrier confirmed on Thursday it will receive 12 Airbus A320neos and 39 A321neos as part of the announcement by its parent company, Saudia Group, for 105 aircraft, the “largest deal in Saudi aviation history”. Deliveries of the […] May 31, 2024 Aviation Oman seeks investors for new low-cost airline Oman plans to launch a new low-cost airline amid a global tourism rebound and the continued expansion of the Gulf state’s aviation sector. In a post on the social messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), the country’s civil aviation authority (CAA) announced an investment opportunity for a new low-cost airline operator in the sultanate. No further […] May 29, 2024 Aviation Riyadh Air not buying from China’s Comac ‘for now’ Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia’s new national carrier, will not consider China’s Comac for its narrowbody order to be announced later this year. However, the airline said it saw a future in Saudi Arabia for Comac, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, as the Chinese alternative to Boeing and Airbus. “The narrowbody order is in its […] May 27, 2024 Aviation Chinese planemaker banned by US woos Saudi airlines The boss of a leading Chinese planemaker arrived in Saudi Arabia this week to pitch his aircraft just as the United States said it was close to finalising a defence agreement with Riyadh that is meant to limit its trade links with China. Dongfeng He, chairman of Comac, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, wants […] May 24, 2024 Opinion Aviation Is Saudi Arabia’s aviation strategy cleared for landing? The masterplan is in place – all the kingdom needs now is passengers May 24, 2024 Analysis Tourism Pressure on Saudi tourism exposes mixed feelings about AI Saudi Arabia is trying to limit the use of artificial intelligence technology in its expanding tourism industry in an effort to boost job numbers, despite strides being made elsewhere in the sector to make the kingdom a leader in digitalisation. Speaking at an economic forum in Doha last week, tourism minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb expressed concerns […] May 22, 2024 Aviation More low-cost airline routes planned for Saudi Arabia Plans to privatise domestic airports have been announced by Saudi Arabia as part of an aviation expansion strategy, which includes imminent licences for more low-cost airline routes, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said this week. The General Authority of Civil Aviation has signed an agreement with a consortium led by the Turkish airport operator TAV […] May 21, 2024 Aviation Saudia announces ‘largest deal in Saudi aviation history’ Saudia, one of Saudi Arabia’s national carriers, has ordered 105 aircraft from Airbus, with the first batch due for delivery in early 2026. Saudia director general Ibrahim Al-Omar told an aviation industry forum in Riyadh that it is “the largest deal in Saudi aviation history”. A similarly large order has been made by new carrier […] May 20, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 5 6 7 … 12 Next
Aviation Airports consider ‘transit hotels’ for 6-hour stays Saudi Arabia’s aviation expansion could stretch to transit hotels inside airport terminals where customers can pay for stays of less than the standard 24 hours. A Hong Kong-based company is developing the concept in the Gulf, with hotels offering six and 12-hour stays already established in Jeddah and Abu Dhabi, and a Muscat hotel that […] June 9, 2024
Aviation Etihad and China Eastern forge new network alliance Etihad Airways and China Eastern Airlines have agreed to expand connectivity between the UAE and China. The UAE national airline and the Shanghai-based carrier signed a joint venture agreement – the first commercial one between a Middle Eastern airline and a Chinese airline – to jointly develop the routes. The move will broaden the network […] June 6, 2024
Aviation Flyadeal confirms order of 51 Airbus narrowbody jets Flyadeal, Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline, has ordered 51 narrowbody Airbus aircraft to fuel its expansion plans. The carrier confirmed on Thursday it will receive 12 Airbus A320neos and 39 A321neos as part of the announcement by its parent company, Saudia Group, for 105 aircraft, the “largest deal in Saudi aviation history”. Deliveries of the […] May 31, 2024
Aviation Oman seeks investors for new low-cost airline Oman plans to launch a new low-cost airline amid a global tourism rebound and the continued expansion of the Gulf state’s aviation sector. In a post on the social messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), the country’s civil aviation authority (CAA) announced an investment opportunity for a new low-cost airline operator in the sultanate. No further […] May 29, 2024
Aviation Riyadh Air not buying from China’s Comac ‘for now’ Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia’s new national carrier, will not consider China’s Comac for its narrowbody order to be announced later this year. However, the airline said it saw a future in Saudi Arabia for Comac, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, as the Chinese alternative to Boeing and Airbus. “The narrowbody order is in its […] May 27, 2024
Aviation Chinese planemaker banned by US woos Saudi airlines The boss of a leading Chinese planemaker arrived in Saudi Arabia this week to pitch his aircraft just as the United States said it was close to finalising a defence agreement with Riyadh that is meant to limit its trade links with China. Dongfeng He, chairman of Comac, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, wants […] May 24, 2024
Opinion Aviation Is Saudi Arabia’s aviation strategy cleared for landing? The masterplan is in place – all the kingdom needs now is passengers May 24, 2024
Analysis Tourism Pressure on Saudi tourism exposes mixed feelings about AI Saudi Arabia is trying to limit the use of artificial intelligence technology in its expanding tourism industry in an effort to boost job numbers, despite strides being made elsewhere in the sector to make the kingdom a leader in digitalisation. Speaking at an economic forum in Doha last week, tourism minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb expressed concerns […] May 22, 2024
Aviation More low-cost airline routes planned for Saudi Arabia Plans to privatise domestic airports have been announced by Saudi Arabia as part of an aviation expansion strategy, which includes imminent licences for more low-cost airline routes, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said this week. The General Authority of Civil Aviation has signed an agreement with a consortium led by the Turkish airport operator TAV […] May 21, 2024
Aviation Saudia announces ‘largest deal in Saudi aviation history’ Saudia, one of Saudi Arabia’s national carriers, has ordered 105 aircraft from Airbus, with the first batch due for delivery in early 2026. Saudia director general Ibrahim Al-Omar told an aviation industry forum in Riyadh that it is “the largest deal in Saudi aviation history”. A similarly large order has been made by new carrier […] May 20, 2024
