While details remain limited as of now, Saudia has announced plans to introduce new aircraft interiors throughout its wide body fleet. Yes, that’s not just for newly delivered aircraft, but also for existing ones.
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Any news or speculation about what will become of Saudia's existing first class seats? I'd heard Saudia Arabia's second national carrier won't feature first class, so maybe it's first one will drop its first class cabins also?
Aside from investing in the passenger experience, it's just good to see consistency throughout its widebody fleet. CX, BA, DL are the only ones I can think of with a consistent hard product.
Definitely not BA with its 8-abreast J in their A380s, or DL with their ancient B757/B767 "Delta One".
United is probably the most consistent, 100% Polaris for international routes is a pretty good achievement.
I stand corrected, but BA will eventually be retrofitted with Club Suites and DLs 757 is a narrowbody.
Honestly. Saudi. If ya support that craptastic country. Almost as bad as the us and a. lol. Good luck.
Who cares.
The narrative change about Saudi Arabia is staggering. It seems to have gone from borderline pariah nation to "the future of the Middle East" over a couple of years. I've personally avoided Saudia (and connecting in the Kingdom) up to now. I wonder if in the next couple of years I, too, will just shrug and book it.
That’s a bit unfair. For years (decades?) BA was completely consistent — if you travelled long-haul in J you got a ying-yang lie-flat seat. Every time. (Even when, for example, American Airlines didn’t even have lie-flat seats across all its fleet.)
BA is only currently inconsistent because they’ve started introducing Club Suites, and it takes time to retrofit. I’d expect near-total fleet consistency within a couple of years.
Contrast that with almost every other major airline.
It’s Brand 101. When you buy the brand, you should know exactly what to expect. It staggers me that so many airlines fail on this basic point.
Expecting nothing. It is one of the major airline seat manufacturers. So what.
It's not just the narrative which is changing. It is the country which is changing. Fast! Living in Saudi and working in tourism for two years now and can only say it is indeed staggering.