Saudia Group Orders 105 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft

I flew an A321 from RSI to RUH the other day. I was pleasantly surprised! Business class was really nice for such a short flight.

Saudia says they would have ordered more aircraft but delivery positions are sold out until well into the 2030s.
Given Boeing's delays, this pretty well says that narrowbody and likely widebody delivery positions for both Airbus and Boeing are sold out for the rest of the decade unless airlines already have options.
Growth will be limited to aircraft that airlines have on order and option plus whatever aircraft are returned to service as part of Geared Turbofan repairs and activation of any used aircraft.

Specific to Saudia, it appears they are committed to growing tourism and becoming a global airline power. It is surprising they haven't done it earlier but simply says that the opportunity is there now.

Saudia mainly operates their A330s on dense regional routes. They use it for their capacity, not so much their range. So I imagine down the road, either Saudia will order something to replace their 77Ws and use that on their current A333 routes, or they will use their 787s on their current A330 routes (perhaps have some 787s in a regional dense configuration), or maybe Saudia will just fly their A321neos on their A330 routes, and perhaps fly 2 flights where 1 was previously flown. But the A330 fleet is large enough that I wouldn't rule out an A330neo order.

Unsure the big deal about the doors in business class. To me, it makes the space feel smaller. Personally, I prefer the 1-2-1 configuration.

This blog gets very excited about doors in business and first classes, almost comically so. I personally wonder if even 1% of purchasing decisions are influenced by the presence or absence of doors, but then many airlines are installing them. So many they are?