Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines Dr. Khalid bin Bakr opened here today the company's first Seminar on Efficiency and Quality, organized by SAUDIA under the theme "contemporary applications and future challenges". Addressing the opening ceremony, Bakr said as a result of qualified and efficient performance of the company personnel, SAUDIA scored its third profit in a row, the maintenance department was awarded international certificates of merit, the company airlifted 1,600,000 passenger in July this year and 1,700,000 in August and will be transporting nearly 15 million passengers by the end of the year, the company's record in its history. In a statement to SPA following the seminar, Dr. Bakr expressed happiness for progress achieved by the Saudi Arabian Airlines. He attributed the progress to support provided by Saudi leaders. He disclosed that a study to reduce the prices of some types of air tickets on local trips is being reviewed by SAUDIA Board of Directors. Another study is on purchasing small-size passenger planes for low-cost domestic flights, he added.
