Saudi Arabian Airlines flew a record 6.84 million passengers from the
beginning of June to the end of August, Khaled Al-Molhem, the airline’s
director general announced yesterday.
He said Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, president of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and chairman of the airline’s board of directors, commended Saudia’s achievements during the summer season, in terms of an increase in flights and number of passengers, as well an improvement in on-time performance.
“We experienced an 8.2 percent increase in the number of passengers served during June-August compared to the same period in 2011,” Al-Molhem said. The number of domestic passenger grew 12.4 percent to 3.69 million and international passenger stats grew 3.3 percent to 3.14 million.
During the summer season, Saudia operated 47,460 flights compared to 44,612 during the same period in 2011, an increase of six percent. The majority of these flights were in the domestic sector as the airline increased the number of flights to major cities to facilitate an increasing consumer demand.
Al-Molhem said, “There was a 2.5 percent increase in the number of international flights, from 17,387 to 17,850.”
He said their on-time performance ratings rose from 85.9 percent in the summer of 2011 to 88.7 percent in 2012. “We succeeded in reducing flight delays to less than half an hour,” he added. He estimates Saudia’s overall performance during this summer at 93.5 percent. “In August of this year, the overall performance reached 93.5 percent, the highest in 20 years.”
Al-Molhem said 21.9 percent of flight delays were caused by bad weather, control tower issues and airport facilities. “The delays caused by technical problems have been reduced by 1.2 percent during this summer,” he explained.
The director general attributed Saudia’s success to its strategic plan involving the development of technical infrastructure, modernization of fleet and use of automatic and electronic facilities for ticket sales.
He said Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, president of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and chairman of the airline’s board of directors, commended Saudia’s achievements during the summer season, in terms of an increase in flights and number of passengers, as well an improvement in on-time performance.
“We experienced an 8.2 percent increase in the number of passengers served during June-August compared to the same period in 2011,” Al-Molhem said. The number of domestic passenger grew 12.4 percent to 3.69 million and international passenger stats grew 3.3 percent to 3.14 million.
During the summer season, Saudia operated 47,460 flights compared to 44,612 during the same period in 2011, an increase of six percent. The majority of these flights were in the domestic sector as the airline increased the number of flights to major cities to facilitate an increasing consumer demand.
Al-Molhem said, “There was a 2.5 percent increase in the number of international flights, from 17,387 to 17,850.”
He said their on-time performance ratings rose from 85.9 percent in the summer of 2011 to 88.7 percent in 2012. “We succeeded in reducing flight delays to less than half an hour,” he added. He estimates Saudia’s overall performance during this summer at 93.5 percent. “In August of this year, the overall performance reached 93.5 percent, the highest in 20 years.”
Al-Molhem said 21.9 percent of flight delays were caused by bad weather, control tower issues and airport facilities. “The delays caused by technical problems have been reduced by 1.2 percent during this summer,” he explained.
The director general attributed Saudia’s success to its strategic plan involving the development of technical infrastructure, modernization of fleet and use of automatic and electronic facilities for ticket sales.
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