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- IATA Code
- SV
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- SVA
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- Saudi Arabian Airlines
P.O.Box 620,Jeddah 21231
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia - Website
- http://www.saudiairlines.com
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- Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport
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- Saudi Arabia
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Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabian Airlines is the national airline of Saudi Arabia and is wholly owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The airline operates a network of domestic and regional services within Saudi Arabia and the Middle East as well as Asia, Europe and North America from its main base at Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport.
Location of Saudi Arabian Airlines main hub (Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport)
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266 total articles
Saudi Arabian Airlines unveils order for eight 777-300ERs
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Saudi Arabian Airlines to develop technology park north of Jeddah and shift IT headquarters
Saudi Arabian Airlines takes delivery of eighth A321-200 aircraft
Sudan Airways: Khartoum could become aviation hub
Saudia Cargo obtains ISO 9001:2008 certificate
Saudi Arabian Airlines takes delivery of 34th A320-200 aircraft
Emirates reaches partial settlement in air cargo shipping antitrust case
Saudia Airlines launches freight service from Thiruvananthapuram
Saudia Airlines to operate freight service from New Delhi by 1Q2012
Saudi Arabian Airlines takes delivery of seventh A321-200 aircraft
US Department of Transportation Filings: 14-Nov-2011
Saudi Arabian Airlines selects Rolls-Royce for A330 engine contract
Saudi Arabian Airlines’ MRO unit next up for partial privatisation
Saudi Arabia to establish independent civil aviation authority
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New Cebu Pacific long-haul operation could push out Philippine Airlines but may require hybrid model
The new plan from leading low-cost Filipino carrier Cebu Pacific to offer long-haul services from 3Q2013 represents not just the fourth low-cost long-haul operation in Asia, but the first time such a carrier has potential to force a full-service rival – Philippine Airlines (PAL) – out of business.
Cebu Pacific will benefit from the Philippines’ extremely price sensitive market that has seen LCCs achieve a staggering 80% share of the domestic market and a fast-growing share of the regional international market. Demand for low-cost long-haul services will come primarily from the large visiting friends and relative (VFR) and migrant worker market. But Cebu’s new low-cost long-haul operation will also benefit from growing tourism and potentially the ability to transfer passengers over a geographically convenient hub if Cebu decides to stray from its original point-to-point model.
While PAL is the nation’s sole long-haul carrier, its lack of global alliance membership, relatively small domestic operation and higher cost base create low barriers for entry. National sentiment for Asia’s oldest airline may run high, but as seen in the Philippines’ domestic market, passengers vote with wallets.
Saudi Arabia's new independent aviation authority heralds more changes for sector
Faced with staid growth in its aviation sector, the Saudi Arabian Government is opening up a number of possible avenues to breathe more life into its civil aviation industry. The latest move, announced in early Nov-2011, is the creation of a new and independent civil aviation authority, separating civil aviation responsibilities from the Ministry of Defence and Aviation.
The move comes as part of a series of Saudi royal decrees that followed last month's death of the Crown Prince Sultan, who headed the Defence Ministry. Several other ministerial level appointments were made at the time as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
Middle East fleet outlook: widebody popularity increases, Airbus to grow market share
The 163 aircraft ordered at last week's Dubai Airshow will keep the Middle East region with almost as many aircraft on order as in service. While the show was marked by Emirates' order for 50 B777s, adding to the carrier's all-widebody fleet, widebody aircraft currently comprise just over half the region's fleet but are set to grow. Widebodies comprise more than 70% of aircraft on order in the region.
Boeing and Airbus will see their market share increase, but Airbus more so, eventually accounting for more than half of all aircraft in the region and Boeing accounting for just over a third. These latest aircraft orders add to an already substantial order backlog by airlines in the region. Most of the orders are concentrated in the hands of the Gulf region’s three largest sixth-freedom airlines: Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Emirates. The 163 orders from the show were from airlines and leasing companies and had a combined total value at list prices of just under USD32 billion.
Saudi Arabia looks at opening domestic market to GCC airlines
The Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has confirmed it is considering opening its skies to carriers from other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member nations, in a radical attempt to improve the domestic aviation market in the country. In mid Aug-2011, a spokesman for the GACA stated the body is now “seriously considering” a proposal that would open up the Saudi domestic market to foreign competition.
Emirates and Lufthansa growing strongly this summer: World's biggest airlines rankings for August
Lufthansa and Emirates are the fastest growing carriers of the global top ten, increasing their capacity (ASKs) by 12.4% and 8.1% year-on-year, respectively. Delta remains the world's leading carrier by this measure, followed by American Airlines and United Airlines. Combined, United-Continental is roughly 3.3% bigger than Delta by systemwide ASKs.
Asia's first time flyers the big winners as Paris Air Show PR juggernaut winds down
The major beneficiaries of this week’s frenetic (public relations) activity just outside Paris live half a world away. They are Asia’s emerging travellers – the millions that have never stepped inside an aircraft, but for whom air travel is becoming attainable. That opportunity took a major step forward as Asian carriers – many of whom the world had never heard of a decade or even five years ago – stepped up in front of the world’s media to order narrowbodies for the mass markets they see blossoming at home.
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- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
- Call us on +61 2 9241 3200.
- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
- Call us on +61 2 9241 3200.
- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
- Call us on +61 2 9241 3200.
- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
- Call us on +61 2 9241 3200.
- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
- Call us on +61 2 9241 3200.
- Buy a CAPA Membership now!
- Contact us for a demonstration of the CAPA Membership service!
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