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TMI BlogRiyadh Air will explore partnerships with AI, IndiGo: CEO Tony DouglasX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Riyadh Air will explore partnerships with AI, IndiGo: CEO Tony Douglas X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... plans to connect Saudi Arabia to over 100 destinations globally by 2030, Riyadh Air has already entered into partnerships with various global carriers, including Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Delta Air Lines. Riyadh Air, which will be the second national carrier of Saudi Arabia after Saudia, will have wide-body B787-9 Dreamliners and narrow-body A321 neos in its fle ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... et. It will also have extra wide-body B777Xs or A350-1000s. At a select media briefing in the national capital on Wednesday, Douglas said the Indian subcontinent is "super super important" and that the airline will explore partnerships with Air India and IndiGo. "Any relation is a two-way street... we just want to explore now, (it is) early stages and if there is something that works really we ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll, tangibly for both parties...," he said. He also highlighted that the number of Indian tourists to Saudi Arabia increased to 1.5 million last year and the second biggest population in Saudi Arabia after Saudis are Indian nationals. India is one of the world's fastest-growing civil aviation markets. Currently, Riyadh Air has around 500 employees and out of them, the second largest number o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f staff after Saudis is Indians at 16 per cent. The present workforce includes 36 cabin crew members and 36 pilots. As the airline prepares to start operations with at least three planes later this year, Douglas said it has received 1.4 million job applications from 146 nationalities and among them, 52 per cent applicants are women. Douglas said the airline is in active campaign with Boeing an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d Airbus for extra wide-body planes, referring to B777Xs and A350-1000s, respectively. Elaborating on the strategy of the carrier, he said there are three pillars -- environmental sustainability, obsessive attention to details and being digital native. Initially, the airline will have a fleet of 60 narrow-body A321 neos and 72 wide-body B787-9 Dreamliners. The carrier aims to connect Saudi A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rabia to over 100 destinations globally by 2030, as per its website. PTI RAM TRB X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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