Saudia to increase seat capacity for domestic flights from September
Published 26 Aug,2021 via Arab News - Economy RIYADH - Saudia, the Kingdom’s national airline, will increase the capacity on domestic flights by 52 percent from next Wednesday, September 1, following the Saudi aviation authority's decision to allow flights to use full seating capacity for domestic flights, the company said on Thursday.
The change will give Saudia a weekly capacity of more than 372,000 seats every week, up from the 245,000 capacity that it had with social distancing measures in place on its flights.
Saudia has been awarded the Diamond Classification by APEX, the international airline association, making it among the 10 safest airlines in the world, the company said.
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