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{{Infobox_Airline |airline=Saudi Arabian Airlines|logo = SaudiAirlines.png|logo_size=320px|fleet_size=130|destinations=76|IATA=SV|ICAO=SVA|callsign=SAUDIA|parent=N/A (government-owned corporation by the Saudi Arabia)|founded=1945|headquarters=Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ([CEO). Khalid Abdullah Almolhem (Director General)]-King Abdulaziz International Airport
Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport
Dammam-King Fahd International Airport: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national [airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Domestic and international charter flights are operated as required, mostly during Ramadan and the Hajj season. The airline's main operational base is at Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED). Other major hubs are Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport (RUH), and Dammam-King Fahd International Airport (DMM). The new Dammam airport was opened for commercial use on 28 November 1999. Dhahran International Airport in use until then, has reverted back to being used as a military base. Saudi Arabian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History When US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented a Douglas DC-3 as a gift to King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1945, the event was seen as opening the door to the Saudi Kingdom's civil aviation development. Saudi Arabian Airlines was founded in September 1946 as a fully owned government agency under the control of the Ministry of Defense, with TWA involved with the running of the airline under a management contract.From the beginning, Jeddah-Kandara airport - very near the town centre - served as the flag carrier's main base. Among the new airline's early operations was a special flight from Lydda in Palestine, a British Mandate of Palestine at that time, to carry Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah. The airline used a fleet of five DC-3 aircraft to launch scheduled operations on the Jeddah-Riyadh-Hofuf-Dhahran route in March 1947, followed by its first international service between Jeddah and Cairo in the same month. Service to Damascus and Beirut followed in early 1948.In 1949, the first of five Bristol 170s was received. These aircraft offered the airline the flexibility of carrying both passengers and cargo on selected flights as required.

The slow but steady growth continued during the 1950s and services were inaugurated to Istanbul, Karachi, Amman, Kuwait City, Asmara, and Port Sudan. The fleet also saw a small growth during the 1950s, with five DC-4s and ten Convair 340s, the first pressurized aircraft for the airline. In 1959, the airline's first maintenance center was inaugurated in Jeddah. Also during this decade, the very important air link between Jeddah and Riyadh saw notable service improvement.image:New-jed-11.jpgIn 1962, the airline took delivery of two Boeing 720s, making history by becoming the first Middle Eastern airline to fly jets. On 19 February, 1963, the airline became a registered company, with Faisal bin Abdul Aziz signing the papers that declared Saudi Arabian a fully independent company. DC-6s and Boeing 707s were later bought, and the airline joined AACO, the Arab Air Carriers Organization. Services were started to Sharjah, Tehran, Khartoum, Bombay, Tripoli, Tunis, Rabat, Geneva, Frankfurt, and London.

In the 1970s, a new livery was introduced, and the carrier's name was changed to Saudia on 1 April 1972. Boeing 737 and Boeing 747 equipment was bought, with the 737s replacing the Douglas DC-9. The first all-cargo flights between Saudi Arabia and Europe were started, and Lockheed L-1011s and Fairchild Hiller FH-227s were introduced. New services, including the Arabian Express 'no reservation shuttle flights' between Jeddah and Riyadh. The Special Flight Services (SFS) was set up as a special unit of Saudia, and still enjoys its role as operating special flights for the Royal family and government agencies. Service was also started to Rome, Paris, Muscat, Oman, Kano, and Stockholm. The Pan Am / Saudia joint service between Dhahran and New York City started on 3 February 1979.

Some new non-route-related services opened during the 1980s for the airline, such as Saudia Catering. Flights were started to Athens, Bangkok, Dhaka, Mogadishu, Nairobi, New York City Madrid, Singapore, Metro Manila, New Delhi, Islamabad, Seoul, Baghdad, Amsterdam, Colombo, Nice, Lahore, Brussels, Dakar, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei. Horizon Class, a business class service, was established between Jeddah and Cairo, and cargo hubs were built at Brussels and Taipei. Airbus A300s, Fokker F-28s, and Cessna Citations were also added to the fleet, the Citations for the SFS service. To finish the decade, services were introduced in 1989 to Larnaca and Addis Ababa.{]|}

In the 1990s services were introduced to Orlando, Florida, Chennai, Tokyo, Asmara, Washington, D.C., Johannesburg, Alexandria, Milan, Málaga, and Sanaa. Boeing 777s, McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 were introduced, smoking was banned on certain flights to Muslim countries as well as on all domestic flights and new stewardess uniforms designed by Adnan Akbar were introduced. A new corporate identity was launched on 16 July 1996, featuring an elegant sand coloured fuselage with contrasting dark blue tailfin, the centre of which featured a stylised representation of the House of Saud crest. The Saudia name was dropped in the identity revamp, and Saudi Arabian Airlines was resurrected.

On 8 October 2000, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi Minister of Defence & Aviation, signed a contract to conduct studies for the privatisation of Saudi Arabian Airlines. In preparation for privatisation, the airline is currently restructuring to allow non-core units including catering, ground handling services and maintenance as well as the Prince Sultan Flight Academy in Jeddah, to transform into commercial units and profit centres. In April 2005, the Saudi government indicated that the airline may also lose its monopoly on domestic services. BBC News 28 March, 2006

Saudi Arabian Airlines did achieve operational profits in 2002, which doubled in 2003 but the profits are primarily due to over one billion riyal on deferred income amortised annually in the income statement courtesy of the 70 aircraft gifted to the airline by the Government. In 2004 the airline carried over 15 million passengers and recorded a 14% rise in profits.

The airline ordered 15 Embraer 170 aircraft in a deal worth $400 million in April 2005. They are to be based at Abha in the south and at Hail in the north.

Privatization In 2006 Saudi Airlines began a process of privatization, dividing itself into Strategic Business Units(SBU); the catering unit was the first to be privatized. In August 2007, Saudi Arabia's Politics of Saudi Arabia#Central government approved the conversion of strategic units into companies. It is planned that ground services, technical services, air cargo and the Prince Sultan Aviation Academy, as well as the catering unit, will become subsidiaries of a holding company.

Destinations See Saudi Arabian Airlines destinations

Code Share Saudi Arabian Airlines have code share agreements with the following carriers on various routes.



Fleet The Saudi Arabian Airlines operate the following aircraft (at August 2007) Fleet Detail:

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Passengers
(First/Business/Economy)!Routes!Notes|-|Airbus A300|5|258
(26/0/232)|short / medium haul|being phased out
progressively|-|Airbus A300|4|250+
(20+/0/230+)|short / medium haul|leased
2 from Eagle Aviation
2 from Onur Air|7|146
(18/0/128)|short / medium haul|leased
from [AtlasJet|1|106
(18/0/88)|domestic|to be phased out|-|[Boeing 747#747-100|5|444
(all economy class)|short / medium haul||-|Boeing 747#747-300|12|393
(36/38/319)|short / medium / Long haul|3 leased
from Air Atlanta Icelandic|4|358
(36/32/290)|short / medium / long haul||-|[Boeing 777#777-200|23|244
(30/31/183)|short / medium / long haul||-|Embraer 170 LR|29|121
(18/0/103)|short / medium haul||-||105|||Updated August|}

Saudi Arabian Airlines operate the following aircraft for Government and the Royal family.

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines Royal Flight|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Configuration!Routes!Notes|-|[Boeing 747|1|VIP|all||-|Boeing 747|1|"|"|converted from passenger fleet|-|Boeing|3|"|"|2 operated by passenger division|-|Boeing 757|1|"|"|fully equipped flying hospital|-|McDonnell Douglas MD-11|1|"|"||-||7|||Updated August|}

Other aircraft:

A number of military C-130s are painted with the Saudi colors and are flown by Royal Saudi Air Force crews to support Saudi official activities in the region and Europe.

The average age of the fleet is 12.8 years as of February 2007, with some of the current aircraft being more than 30 years old.

Cargo Saudi Arabian Cargo is the freight division of the airline, they operate to points in Europe, Africa, East Asia and North America.

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo Fleet|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Capacity
(Maximum)!Routes!Notes|-|Boeing 747|2|238,059 lbs|medium / long haul|1 leased from
Air Atlanta Icelandic|1|239,000 lbs|"|leased from
[Air Atlanta Icelandic|5|203,860 lbs|"|1 leased
from [Gemini Air Cargo|-||8|||Updated August|}

Incidents and accidents

Other facts of interest Formula One car with the saudia logo at that time

See also

References

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779135932&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter

External links

{{Infobox_Airline |airline=Saudi Arabian Airlines|logo = SaudiAirlines.png|logo_size=320px|fleet_size=130|destinations=76|IATA=SV|ICAO=SVA|callsign=SAUDIA|parent=N/A (government-owned corporation by the Saudi Arabia)|founded=1945|headquarters=Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ([CEO). Khalid Abdullah Almolhem (Director General)]-King Abdulaziz International Airport
Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport
Dammam-King Fahd International Airport: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national [airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Domestic and international charter flights are operated as required, mostly during Ramadan and the Hajj season. The airline's main operational base is at Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED). Other major hubs are Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport (RUH), and Dammam-King Fahd International Airport (DMM). The new Dammam airport was opened for commercial use on 28 November 1999. Dhahran International Airport in use until then, has reverted back to being used as a military base. Saudi Arabian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History When US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented a Douglas DC-3 as a gift to King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1945, the event was seen as opening the door to the Saudi Kingdom's civil aviation development. Saudi Arabian Airlines was founded in September 1946 as a fully owned government agency under the control of the Ministry of Defense, with TWA involved with the running of the airline under a management contract.From the beginning, Jeddah-Kandara airport - very near the town centre - served as the flag carrier's main base. Among the new airline's early operations was a special flight from Lydda in Palestine, a British Mandate of Palestine at that time, to carry Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah. The airline used a fleet of five DC-3 aircraft to launch scheduled operations on the Jeddah-Riyadh-Hofuf-Dhahran route in March 1947, followed by its first international service between Jeddah and Cairo in the same month. Service to Damascus and Beirut followed in early 1948.In 1949, the first of five Bristol 170s was received. These aircraft offered the airline the flexibility of carrying both passengers and cargo on selected flights as required.

The slow but steady growth continued during the 1950s and services were inaugurated to Istanbul, Karachi, Amman, Kuwait City, Asmara, and Port Sudan. The fleet also saw a small growth during the 1950s, with five DC-4s and ten Convair 340s, the first pressurized aircraft for the airline. In 1959, the airline's first maintenance center was inaugurated in Jeddah. Also during this decade, the very important air link between Jeddah and Riyadh saw notable service improvement.image:New-jed-11.jpgIn 1962, the airline took delivery of two Boeing 720s, making history by becoming the first Middle Eastern airline to fly jets. On 19 February, 1963, the airline became a registered company, with Faisal bin Abdul Aziz signing the papers that declared Saudi Arabian a fully independent company. DC-6s and Boeing 707s were later bought, and the airline joined AACO, the Arab Air Carriers Organization. Services were started to Sharjah, Tehran, Khartoum, Bombay, Tripoli, Tunis, Rabat, Geneva, Frankfurt, and London.

In the 1970s, a new livery was introduced, and the carrier's name was changed to Saudia on 1 April 1972. Boeing 737 and Boeing 747 equipment was bought, with the 737s replacing the Douglas DC-9. The first all-cargo flights between Saudi Arabia and Europe were started, and Lockheed L-1011s and Fairchild Hiller FH-227s were introduced. New services, including the Arabian Express 'no reservation shuttle flights' between Jeddah and Riyadh. The Special Flight Services (SFS) was set up as a special unit of Saudia, and still enjoys its role as operating special flights for the Royal family and government agencies. Service was also started to Rome, Paris, Muscat, Oman, Kano, and Stockholm. The Pan Am / Saudia joint service between Dhahran and New York City started on 3 February 1979.

Some new non-route-related services opened during the 1980s for the airline, such as Saudia Catering. Flights were started to Athens, Bangkok, Dhaka, Mogadishu, Nairobi, New York City Madrid, Singapore, Metro Manila, New Delhi, Islamabad, Seoul, Baghdad, Amsterdam, Colombo, Nice, Lahore, Brussels, Dakar, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei. Horizon Class, a business class service, was established between Jeddah and Cairo, and cargo hubs were built at Brussels and Taipei. Airbus A300s, Fokker F-28s, and Cessna Citations were also added to the fleet, the Citations for the SFS service. To finish the decade, services were introduced in 1989 to Larnaca and Addis Ababa.{]|}

In the 1990s services were introduced to Orlando, Florida, Chennai, Tokyo, Asmara, Washington, D.C., Johannesburg, Alexandria, Milan, Málaga, and Sanaa. Boeing 777s, McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 were introduced, smoking was banned on certain flights to Muslim countries as well as on all domestic flights and new stewardess uniforms designed by Adnan Akbar were introduced. A new corporate identity was launched on 16 July 1996, featuring an elegant sand coloured fuselage with contrasting dark blue tailfin, the centre of which featured a stylised representation of the House of Saud crest. The Saudia name was dropped in the identity revamp, and Saudi Arabian Airlines was resurrected.

On 8 October 2000, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi Minister of Defence & Aviation, signed a contract to conduct studies for the privatisation of Saudi Arabian Airlines. In preparation for privatisation, the airline is currently restructuring to allow non-core units including catering, ground handling services and maintenance as well as the Prince Sultan Flight Academy in Jeddah, to transform into commercial units and profit centres. In April 2005, the Saudi government indicated that the airline may also lose its monopoly on domestic services. BBC News 28 March, 2006

Saudi Arabian Airlines did achieve operational profits in 2002, which doubled in 2003 but the profits are primarily due to over one billion riyal on deferred income amortised annually in the income statement courtesy of the 70 aircraft gifted to the airline by the Government. In 2004 the airline carried over 15 million passengers and recorded a 14% rise in profits.

The airline ordered 15 Embraer 170 aircraft in a deal worth $400 million in April 2005. They are to be based at Abha in the south and at Hail in the north.

Privatization In 2006 Saudi Airlines began a process of privatization, dividing itself into Strategic Business Units(SBU); the catering unit was the first to be privatized. In August 2007, Saudi Arabia's Politics of Saudi Arabia#Central government approved the conversion of strategic units into companies. It is planned that ground services, technical services, air cargo and the Prince Sultan Aviation Academy, as well as the catering unit, will become subsidiaries of a holding company.

Destinations See Saudi Arabian Airlines destinations

Code Share Saudi Arabian Airlines have code share agreements with the following carriers on various routes.



Fleet The Saudi Arabian Airlines operate the following aircraft (at August 2007) Fleet Detail:

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Passengers
(First/Business/Economy)!Routes!Notes|-|Airbus A300|5|258
(26/0/232)|short / medium haul|being phased out
progressively|-|Airbus A300|4|250+
(20+/0/230+)|short / medium haul|leased
2 from Eagle Aviation
2 from Onur Air|7|146
(18/0/128)|short / medium haul|leased
from [AtlasJet|1|106
(18/0/88)|domestic|to be phased out|-|[Boeing 747#747-100|5|444
(all economy class)|short / medium haul||-|Boeing 747#747-300|12|393
(36/38/319)|short / medium / Long haul|3 leased
from Air Atlanta Icelandic|4|358
(36/32/290)|short / medium / long haul||-|[Boeing 777#777-200|23|244
(30/31/183)|short / medium / long haul||-|Embraer 170 LR|29|121
(18/0/103)|short / medium haul||-||105|||Updated August|}

Saudi Arabian Airlines operate the following aircraft for Government and the Royal family.

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines Royal Flight|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Configuration!Routes!Notes|-|[Boeing 747|1|VIP|all||-|Boeing 747|1|"|"|converted from passenger fleet|-|Boeing|3|"|"|2 operated by passenger division|-|Boeing 757|1|"|"|fully equipped flying hospital|-|McDonnell Douglas MD-11|1|"|"||-||7|||Updated August|}

Other aircraft:

A number of military C-130s are painted with the Saudi colors and are flown by Royal Saudi Air Force crews to support Saudi official activities in the region and Europe.

The average age of the fleet is 12.8 years as of February 2007, with some of the current aircraft being more than 30 years old.

Cargo Saudi Arabian Cargo is the freight division of the airline, they operate to points in Europe, Africa, East Asia and North America.

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse"|+ Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo Fleet|- bgcolor=beige!Type!Total!Capacity
(Maximum)!Routes!Notes|-|Boeing 747|2|238,059 lbs|medium / long haul|1 leased from
Air Atlanta Icelandic|1|239,000 lbs|"|leased from
[Air Atlanta Icelandic|5|203,860 lbs|"|1 leased
from [Gemini Air Cargo|-||8|||Updated August|}

Incidents and accidents

Other facts of interest Formula One car with the saudia logo at that time

See also

References

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779135932&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter

External links



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