Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud announced the establishment of a new airline, Ar-Riyadh Airlines. Wrote Reuters agency.
According to the publication, by 2030 the carrier will communicate with more than 100 cities worldwide. It was not specified in which directions the company would start flights in the first place.
Oversight of the air carrier will be carried out by the Saudi Arabian State Fund. The company’s board of directors will include fund manager Yasser al-Rumayan and former CEO of the airline United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways Tony Douglas.
Bloomberg in the second half of January reported It is considering the acquisition of the Formula 1 World Championship by the Saudi Arabian State Fund.
The Times, in the first half of October WroteBritish expert on Leonardo da Vinci’s work said Martin Kemp would check the authenticity of the Italian painter “Savior of the World” (“Salvator Mundi”), which was purchased by a collector from Saudi Arabia in 2017. Arabia was sold for $450 million at auction at Christie’s in New York.