SAUDIA launched its first flights from King Khalid Worldwide Airport in Riyadh to Good Côte d’Azur Worldwide Airport in Good, France.

This marks SAUDIA’s (Saudi Arabian Airways’) second vacation spot in France as a part of its phased implementation technique aimed toward increasing its worldwide community. Additionally it is the latest Summer time seasonal vacation spot SAUDIA launched this 12 months.

The inaugural SAUDIA flight, SV129, departed from King Khalid Worldwide Airport to the town of Good, within the presence of Mr. Mohammad Baakdah, the Vice President of Floor Operations at SAUDIA, and Mr. Mohammed Alshammari, the Chief Operations Officer at Riyadh Airports Firm, together with a number of operations and administration officers. To commemorate the flight’s launch, a ribbon-cutting ceremony happened on the airport at AlFursan Worldwide Lounge.

Mr. Baakdah emphasised the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between the 2 nations via the introduction of SAUDIA’s flights to Good Airport and connecting the present flights to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.

This was a part of the plan introduced at the start of this 12 months to increase the airline’s present flight community.

As a part of the plan, SAUDIA goals to extend the variety of locations and increase the plane fleet to attain operational targets. Moreover, the SAUDIA airline has been specializing in creating its digital service ecosystem to boost the visitor expertise.

SAUDIA began out in 1945 with a single twin-engine DC-3 (Dakota) HZ-AAX given to King Abdul Aziz as a present by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was adopted months later with the acquisition of two extra DC-3s, and these fashioned the nucleus of what a number of years later was to turn out to be one of many world’s largest airways. At this time, SAUDIA has 142 plane, together with the newest and most superior wide-bodied jets presently out there: B787-9, B777-268L, B777-300ER, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321, and Airbus A330-300.