Saudi Arabia’s biggest airport show opens with 150 exhibitors

Saudi Arabia’s biggest airport show opens with 150 exhibitors

A record 150 exhibitors from over 25 countries and global experts are in Riyadh to attend the Saudi Airport Exhibition (SAE), biggest-ever airport industry show for two days from November 7 at Al Faisaliah Hotel.

The transformative socio-economic reforms blueprint calls for equipping the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula to handle 330 million air travellers by 2030, and transforming Riyad and Jeddah into mega aviation hubs, along with setting up a new national carrier and developing eight new airports.

The Middle East’s largest aviation market with 29 airports under its fold, is set to have the fastest passenger traffic growth until 2040 for which it unveiled $147 billion plans for its expansion. The National Aviation Strategy aims to increase air connectivity to 250 destinations to reach the 330 million passengers mark and double air cargo capacity to 4.5 million tonnes.

In the works are plans to launch a new national airline as the aviation sector is slated to deliver SR280 billion ($75 billion) to the oil-rich nation’s Gross Domestic Product by 2030 and the fastest economic growth of 7.6 per cent in the Arabian Gulf region this year.

Being held at the Al Faisaliah Hotel and Niche Ideas, the B2B platform will have