Riyadh Air: New Saudi Arabian Airline, Launching 2025

Pretty sure that the 'we aren't going to do connecting passengers' thing is nonsense. While there might be some O&D, there aren't going to be 100 destinations' worth of it by 2030; they will have to sell Bangkok-to-London trips first to get people comfortable with the idea of even being in Saudi Arabia

The “non-Muslims” line made me chuckle, glad to see you drop the usual “western” one.

Now excuse me while I grab some popcorn.

Why No First class?------- i'm lucky enough to earn enough to pay for it[im also Single!!!]-------- i'm sure a small F class would work given the location of the carrier and its routes.

"You know what the business community thinks of you? They think that a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's where you'll be in another hundred years, so, yes, on behalf of my firm I accept your money."
Good luck

O&D will support about 20 destinations tops

......and a lot of them will be short/mid haul

Actually the clothing restrictions were removed a few years back already. Tbh I think the Saudi government has just done a poor job of shouting about these changes - the country is much the same as any Gulf state nowadays.

Is this a sponsored post? All these 'claims' without any substance...lol.

Do they even have landing rights / slots for 100 destinations?
How are they going to get these planes so quick with estimated delivery times half of other airlines?
Why three cabins but 'no first'?
What makes the management team 'smart'?
How will they grow 3-4x as fast as Emirates, Qatar and Etihad did?
Which 100 P2P markets will get them anywhere close to any pax and revenue estimates?

This is already the best airline in the Middle East.

Surely their J without alcohol, but with a RUH transfer will be better than AF F and a transfer in CDG.

"They were chopping Heads 100 years ago" Till people like you learned its better to Bomb them to Hell for their Oil.case in Point Iraq Invasion or the recent Bombings Deaths of Hundreds of Thousands of Civilians in Gaza, Lebanon,Syria,etc.
So, you are no better than them, you just kill more in short time,because it would take them Hundreds of years to Kill thousands. But your Bunker Buster Bombs can Blow entire Blocks.

Ben’s merely stated what Riyadh Air wants to achieve, and has refrained from giving his own opinion, since we still don’t have concrete details.

But I won’t be surprised if this airline gets scaled back. The Saudis’ break-even oil price has climbed to $120 per barrel, far above global prices. They simply don’t have the money to build new cities, a new airline, build FIFA stadia, invest in foreign companies, and crazy military expenditure - all simultaneously.

If the premium class tickets are reasonably priced, would look forward to flying them. Too bad they will be affiliated with Delta though.

What beer and champagne will they be serving?

@Orus...your post makes me want to explore info about you shared.

I have a handful of "Western" friends working in Saudi Arabia on these big projects.

I should save comment until I study what you wrote, but perhaps these big investments are to offset the challenging economics of their oil ROI? Isn't that what businesses (or autocratic governments) do?

So then he is basically publishing marketing material? Just stating whatever an airline says without any review is a bit odd, then we would have to refer to Lufthansa as 5 star all the time.

The Saudi budget is another big factor, they indeed have an ongoing review of government expenses and plans and the PIF will probably have to start making some choices, although nobody will admit that any time soon: https://www.ft.com/content/b50b2763-3435-42f9-8025-8c70ed776957

That font and that white livery is a mess and half indeed. That font and the arabic text doesn't scream premium at all. They white livery looks cheap, the logo is already simple and cheap, who came up with this concept?, it's hideous.