SupplyChain Magazine January 2016 | Page 47

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES
MIDDLE EAST is providing additional services that couldn ’ t be provided before , to guests , such as continuous connectivity to the internet , continuous ability to use their own devices and favourite content . There is a lot of sophisticated technology that this type of fleet is bringing with it , and we have upgraded our capabilities to work with it aiming to enhance our guests ’ experiences .”
The Dreamliner will be used on Saudia ’ s long haul routes , to Europe and Canada , and some of the Far East destinations will be supported as well . And it is just one of 110 new aircraft that will be integrated into operations totally by 2020 - 28 of those new aircraft will be received in one year – 2016 . Such growth is needed for the airline to reach the 50 million guest goal by 2020 . Albakri says : “ The region where we exist and we operate
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