Saudia’s passengers increased 8% in H1

15/07/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabian Airlines’ (Saudia) flew 17 million passengers on board over 106,000 domestic and international flights in the first half of 2018, an 8 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase, the national carrier said.

 

Saudi operated direct regular flights to 10 new international destinations and three seasonal ones during H1.

 

In less than three years, the company added more than 70 new aircrafts to its fleet, which now has over 150 airplanes.

 

The plan is to increase the number of aircrafts to 200 by the end of 2020.

 

The average lifespan of the fleet has been reduced to 4.6 years.

 

Saudia performance in H1

 

2017H1  

2018H1  

Change

Passengers on domestic flights (mln)

8.1

8.4

4%

Domestic flights (‘000)

60.1

61.7

3%

Passengers on international flights (mln)

7.6

8.5

12%

International flights (‘000)

41.7

44.2

6%

Total no. of passengers (mln)

15.7

16.9

8%

Total flights (‘000)

101.8

106.0

4%

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