Building Fleet Prior To 2025 Maiden Flight
Airline startup Riyadh Air announced it has placed an order for 60 Airbus A321neo aircraft as it puts together its fleet before launching passenger operations in 2025. The deal was executed in a signing ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas and Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft. The purchase is the second major one for Riyadh Air, which has ordered a total of 132 aircraft, a growth rate unprecedented in scale for an airline that has not begun passenger service yet.