Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has designed a new strategy to train all its staff members. Several programs and advanced courses have been designed for this purpose. Saudia trained 3,401 employees in the first half of the year by letting them take 334 courses on management, finance, English and customer services. Saudia has also sent students abroad on scholarships. Dr. Omar Abdullah Al-Jifri, Saudia's Assistant Executive Director of Common Services, said.