New plans for Saudi Arabian Airlines

Tag : Coated Fabric
19 August 2008
Jeddah - Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines released a statement declaring the coming changes it will bemaking to all its aircraft incrementally over the next few months.

Passenger comfort will be improved with several new additions.

"We have replaced first class seats with newer more comfortableones.

The new seats are more comfortable, lighter and covered in asoft-coated fabric," said Abdullah Al-Ajhar, Public RelationsAssistant at Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines .

The electronic entertainment systems will also be changed on thecompany's aircraft.

"The newer system will be more sophisticated and user-friendly.

The new system will feature an on demand service where passengerscan view all audio and video programs whenever they want.

The seats will also be equipped with USB ports and charging portsfor laptop charging," Al-Ajhar said. "Every seat will have a 15.4inch monitor."

Starting in October Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin making changes to the planes allowing passengers to usetheir mobile phones while the aircraft is in flight.

One aircraft will be altered every month. "Making such extensivechanges to each individul seat will take a long time. The system isvery complex and we will be using it after we've made the changesone by one," Al-Ajhar said.

Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines has signed several technical contracts with foreign airlinecompanies for the technical servicing of its aircraft.

"Our Saudi workshop will be responsible for developing stations inseveral countries as well as test the small equipments in the Saudiairlines workshop at Jeddah."

Several organizations located in Jeddah specialize in the repairand testing of aircraft components such as Al-Salaam aircraft,Arabasco, and the Saudi Geographical Commission. All theseorganizations will contribute to the testing of 1,070 aircraftcomponents.

"It is our duty to develop the airlines as well as the airplaneindustry, in order to be on par with the international companies.

With the cooperation of other companies in the Middle East we willexchanging services as well as cultures," Al-Ajhar said.

"Our main aim is passenger safety as well as their comfort that iswhy we have started many improvement projects for most of ourplanes," Al-Ajhar said.

Al-Ajhar said the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) requestedSaudi Airlines to install observation cameras outside the door tothe pilot cabin on all Boeing 747, 777 and MD 90.

"We have installed the system on 22 Boeing 777's, on 26 MD 90's,and all Boeing 468-747 aircraft," he said.

A new monitoring system known as Aircraft Communication Addressingand Reporting System is a system which monitors the differentoperations of the aircraft and transmits them between the aircaftand ground monitoring stations.

The new system is being tested on two Saudi Airlines Boeing 468-747aircraft and if the new system is a success, Al-Ajhar said it willbe installed on all their aircraft.

An additional system required by the European Organization forsafety will be installed on planes built after 2003.

The additional system sends additional information to monitoringstations on the ground and monitors if the plane is operatingwithin safe parameters. Al-Ajhar said all of the Saudi Airlinesaircraft would be modified except the Imperial 170's.

The new cooperation deals will involve different airlines operatingin different regions.
By Diana Al-Jassem
© The Saudi Gazette 2008