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أعلنت الخطوط السعودية رغبتها في شراء 50 طائرة جديدة لتعزيز رحلاتها الخارجية ,
عبدالرحمن الطيب نائب رئيس الخطوط أكد أن الخطوط السعودية تبحث شراء تشكيلة طائرات بين طائرات واسعة البدن وضيقة البدن , الخيارات للطائرات واسعة البدن محصورة بين طائرة الإيرباض A-380 SUPERJUMPO وطائرة بوينق 777X والخيارات المحصورة للطائرات ضيقة البدن بين الإيرباص A-320 NEO والبوينق 737 MAX وأن قرار الإختيار سيوقع قبل نهاية هذا العام
Saudi airline plans to buy 50 new aircraft
عبدالرحمن الطيب نائب رئيس الخطوط أكد أن الخطوط السعودية تبحث شراء تشكيلة طائرات بين طائرات واسعة البدن وضيقة البدن , الخيارات للطائرات واسعة البدن محصورة بين طائرة الإيرباض A-380 SUPERJUMPO وطائرة بوينق 777X والخيارات المحصورة للطائرات ضيقة البدن بين الإيرباص A-320 NEO والبوينق 737 MAX وأن قرار الإختيار سيوقع قبل نهاية هذا العام
Saudi airline plans to buy 50 new aircraft
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) intends to purchase 50 new aircraft this year as it looks to expand its global reach, an official at the airline has revealed.
The Saudi national carrier is being upgraded as part of its privatisation process and plans to expand its fleet to meet pent-up demand in the kingdom.
Abdul Rahman Altayeb, vice president for maintenance, said the airline was in talks with plane makers Boeing and Airbus to buy new jets before the end of the year.
"We have a requirement of about 50 planes and are in talks with manufacturers about this," he said.
"We will have to decide on this before the end of the year."
- Altayeb said the order would be a mix of wide-body and narrow-body planes. The company was particularly interested in Boeing's new wide-body 777X and the Airbus A380 superjumbo.
On narrow-body planes, both the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX were being considered, he said.
Saudia also announced on Wednesday it was planning an initial public offer [IPO] of shares in its cargo unit this year and an IPO for its maintenance business in 2015.
The cargo unit would be the second of six units - the others are catering, ground services, maintenance, airlines and flight academy - to pursue a stock market listing following Saudia's decision in 2006 to privatise them.
The first of the units to be sold publicly, Saudi Airlines Catering Co, raised $347m with an IPO of 30 percent of its shares in 2012. Its shares rose 81.4 percent last year.
"The catering has already been done. So the next one this year would be cargo and that will be followed by the maintenance unit in 2015," Altayeb said. He did not specify exactly when the cargo unit would be listed.
"The maintenance IPO cannot be expected before June 2015. We will look to sell about 30 percent of this unit."
Saudi Arabia opened its domestic aviation market to competition in 2012 as part of reforms aimed at improving service levels and accessibility, making way for two new domestic airlines.
Qatar Airways is expected to launch domestic operations in the kingdom this year with its subsidiary Al
Maha Airways, followed by privately owned Saudi Gulf Airlines.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi...ft-537646.html
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