Under the patronage of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation, Inspector General and Chairman of Board of Directors of Saudi Arabian Airlines, the Airlines signed here today an agreement to purchase Airbus aircraft, type / 320 /. The signing ceremony was attended by Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Civil Aviation Affairs. In his speech, the Airlines' Director Eng. Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Milhem pointed out that a contract was signed with Airbus Company to purchase 30 aircraft, noting that the vanguard of this fleet is expected to arrive in the middle of 2012 and all the aircraft in 2014.