Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) has entered as a strategic partner in Bahrain International Air Show 2016 to be held at Al-Sakhir Air Base on January 21-23, 2016, under the patronage of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This came in the agreement, signed by President of General Authority of Civil Aviation who is also SAUDIA Chairman of Board of Directors, Suleiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan with the Minister of Transport and Communications in the Kingdom of Bahrain and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee for Bahrain International Airshow 2016, Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, on the sidelines of Dubai Airshow 2015. It is worth mentioning that Bahrain International Airshow 2016 is considered as one of the largest market in the civil aviation sector in the region of Middle East and North Africa.