European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed an agreement to sell 105 aircraft to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal \u2013 described as the largest of its kind in the 90-year history of the country \u2013 concerns 93 A321 Neo planes and 12 A320 Neos for state-owned airline Saudia. The order could have been larger, but Airbus said in a statement that it does not have room in its order books to deliver more planes before 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dWe need more than 180 aircraft, but there is no space,\u201d said Abdullah Alshahrani, a spokesman for Saudia, in an interview with Bloomberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first deliveries are expected in 2026 and around half of the planes are intended for the Saudi-owned low-cost airline Flyadeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Saudi government's plan is for Saudia to focus on travel for pilgrims, while the newly-started Riyadh Air aims for tourists. The ventures are part of a broader approach to increasing diversification in the Saudi economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal is to attract 150 million tourists a year from 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source:TT_DI.SE<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Den europeiska flygplanstillverkaren Airbus har tecknat avtal om att s\u00e4lja 105 flygplan till Saudiarabien. Aff\u00e4ren \u2013 som beskrivs som\u00a0den st\u00f6rsta i sitt slag i det 90-\u00e5riga landets historia \u2013 g\u00e4ller 93 plan av modellen A321 Neo och 12 av typen A320 Neo till det statliga flygbolaget Saudia. Ordern hade kunnat vara st\u00f6rre men Airbus har […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":296547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[263,85,212,2951,604],"class_list":["post-296546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyg","tag-airbus","tag-flyg","tag-flygbolag-travelguiden","tag-flygdeal","tag-saudia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n