Minister of Transport Saleh Al-Jasser Updates on Airline Sector Growth – Al-Marsad Newspaper

2024-05-09 22:34:58

Al-Marsad Newspaper: The broadcaster of the Al-Rased program, Abdullah Al-Ghanmi, conveyed some statements made by the Minister of Transport, Engineer Saleh Al-Jasser, during his meeting with a number of media professionals at the office of the Minister of Information. Salman Al-Dosari, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information yesterday Thursday.

More than a million passengers

He said: “Today we met with the Minister of Transport, and the Minister spoke regarding the aviation sector, explaining that we have now reached the limit of 112 million passengers and our target is 330 million passengers, which is one of the objectives we have set for ourselves. can be achieved, since the increase in the number of passengers last year reached 26%, and during the first quarter of this year the increase reached 20%.

Driver Location

He continued, the minister indicated that the nationalization rate of pilots has reached 80%, while the nationalization percentage of the co-pilot profession has reached 100%, and that there is a major expansion of air licenses and l The introduction of new national carriers to increase seat capacity, and there is a lot of work in Al-Sharqiya, Abha, Medina and Tabuk airports as well as Jizan airport.

Ticket prices

He added: “The minister clarified that the ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority do not intervene in international ticket prices except in cases of monopoly, and that the number of airlines arriving in the Kingdom has reached 145 companies instead of 99 companies in 2019, and the average value of a plane ticket between Riyadh and Jeddah, one way, is 500 riyals, depending on first class, horizon, business class and class tourist.

He continued: “The minister pointed out that the trucks that were present between cities in the past were old and had many problems, and now we don’t have trucks unless they are less than 5 years old, and the speed of the Riyadh-Sharqiya line The train previously ran at 110 kilometers per hour and currently at 160 kilometers per hour, and they aim to reach 180 kilometers, and the Jeddah train will transport around 100 million tons of goods.

Video | Minister of Transport Mr. Saleh Al-Jasser:

-We have reached over 100 million passengers in the airline sector

The nationalization rate of pilots reaches 80% and that of co-pilots 100%

-We do not intervene in the prices of international tickets except in cases of monopoly

-The average ticket value between Riyadh and Jeddah is 500 riyals.#AlRased pic.twitter.com/VgwnNhX0me

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