{"id":326335,"date":"2023-03-14T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=326335"},"modified":"2023-03-16T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:15:29","slug":"saudis-buy-121-boeing-aircraft-to-launch-new-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/saudis-buy-121-boeing-aircraft-to-launch-new-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudis order 121 Boeing aircraft to launch new carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 <strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong> has agreed a USD 37 billion deal with US firm <strong>Boeing<\/strong> for 121 aircraft, with most of them set for the Arab country\u2019s new carrier. On Sunday (12) Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the creation of Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia\u2019s second carrier after Jeddah-based Saudia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_326342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326342\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/riyadh-airlines-lancamento.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-326342\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/riyadh-airlines-lancamento-600x382.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/riyadh-airlines-lancamento-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/riyadh-airlines-lancamento-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/riyadh-airlines-lancamento.png 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signing of the aircraft order deal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The deal will see Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes with General Electric engines delivered to Saudi Arabia. Some 39 of the planes are a firm order confirmed for Riyadh Air, which has an option to acquire 33 more.<\/p>\n<p>Riyadh Air is wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and its governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan \u2013 also chairman of the carrier \u2013 said the initiative highlights the country\u2019s determination to significantly extend Saudi Arabia\u2019s connectivity with the world. He said the carrier will be a world-class airline and this partnership is the next step in achieving the Saudi aspirations as a global transportation hub.<\/p>\n<p>The new airline is expected to add USD 20 billion to Saudi Arabia\u2019s non-oil gross domestic product growth and create more than 200,000 direct and indirect jobs. PIF has invested in different projects to diversify the economy of Saudi Arabia. Last November the country announced plans for a new airport in the capital Riyadh that is set to accommodate 120 million travelers per year by 2030 and 185 million travelers by 2050.<\/p>\n<p><em>The information is from the website of Saudi newspaper <\/em>Arab News.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-326338\">Boeing<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-326342\">Supplied<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab country stroke a USD 37 billion deal with the US aircraft manufacturer. Most planes are set for Riyadh Air \u2014 the carrier announced by the Saudi prince earlier this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":326338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,101],"tags":[12675,39817,39813,12290,38944,12286,39818,39814,39816,39815,39819],"class_list":{"0":"post-326335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-boeing-en","10":"tag-boeing-787-dreamliner-en","11":"tag-boeing-aircraft","12":"tag-mohammed-bin-salman-en","13":"tag-pif-en-2","14":"tag-pif-en","15":"tag-riyadh-air-en","16":"tag-saudi-arabia-boeing","17":"tag-saudi-arabia-boeing-order","18":"tag-saudi-public-investment-fund","19":"tag-yasir-al-rumayyan-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The Arab country stroke a USD 37 billion deal with the US aircraft manufacturer. 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