Move comes amid resurgent demand for air travel after end of Covid lockdowns
Saudi Arabia already owns Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, which has been in operation since 1945 when it was gifted a plane by US president Franklin Roosevelt.
Douglas, who previously led Etihad, insists that Riyadh is not aiming to compete directly with those other airlines. Instead, he emphasises the demand from Saudi Arabia’s iPhone-wielding population. Hanging over the launch of the new airline, and the broader show, is the question of the carbon emissions that will be created by an enormous expansion of global air traffic. That question “will define ultimately who the winners and losers are”, says Douglas. “Anybody who doesn’t take it seriously will almost certainly fail.”
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