National Air Services (NAS), the largest and fastest-growing independent provider of aviation services in the Middle East, announced today the allocation of SR15.5 billion to strengthen the company's fleet with the purchase of some 98 new aircrafts over the next five years. Seeing it as a historic step in the history of the company, and stressing on his company's positive contribution to the development of the private and commercial aviation sectors in the Kingdom and the region in general, NAS Chairman, General Ayed Al Jeaid, said that announcing agreements with the world's leading aircraft manufacturers was in tune with the company's plans to grow its strategic business units and service new markets for its private and commercial sectors in the region. NAS currently operates the largest and fastest growing fleet of private aircrafts in the Middle East which comprises of 44 aircrafts from the largest manufacturing companies such as Airbus, Boeing, Gulfstream, Dassault and Raytheon. Following the signing of a number of purchase agreements since the beginning of this year, NAS is expected to increase its fleet size to include142 over the next 5 years, thus, becoming one of the most significant companies operating in the commercial and private aviation sectors in the Middle East.
