Saudia Cargo restarts Mumbai and Guangzhou flights
Saudia Cargo has strengthened its presence in China and India by resuming freighter flights to Guangzhou and Mumbai. Weekly freighter services started in April to meet growing demand for cargo operations and stimulate trade movements, in addition to operate five flights a week to Dhaka, Bangladesh and seven a week to Hong Kong. Omar Hariri, […]
Saudia Cargo to join SkyTeam Cargo
Saudia Cargo will become the 12th member of SkyTeam Cargo on 15 April, extending the world’s only cargo alliance across the Middle East. The airline and its customers will now benefit from an extended global network covering over 900 destinations in more than 175 countries. Nico van der Linden, vice president of SkyTeam Cargo says: […]
Unilode and Saudia embark on digitalisation journey
Saudi Arabian Airlines and Saudia Cargo will embark on the next phase of their collaboration with Unilode by embarking on a digitalisation journey. The flag carrier of Saudi Arabia awarded the management of their containers and pallets to Unilode Aviation Solutions in 2016, with operations commencing in 2017, which including opening a ULD repair station […]
Saudia Cargo signs deal with Air Charter Service
Saudia Cargo signed a new business deal with Air Charter Service on the sidelines of the Air Cargo Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contract signing took place at the flower themed Saudia Cargo booth in the presence of CEO Omar Hariri, executive director commercial Amer Abu Obaid and director of charters Semih Kutlug. […]
Saudia does the double at air cargo Africa awards
Saudi Airlines Cargo Company took two awards at air cargo Africa on 19-21 February – International Cargo Airline of the Year 2018 in Africa & the International Air Cargo Marketer of the Year 2018. Both were in recognition of its efforts to increase its cargo capacity and promote innovative freight solutions on its wide-body freighter […]
Saudia Cargo signs deal with King Abdullah Port
Saudia Cargo has signed a joint agreement with King Abdullah Port to establish a logistical operations centre and an air-sea-air cargo corridor. The agreement was signed at King Abdullah Economic City, 90 kilometres north of Jeddah, will establish the cargo corridor to surrounding airports, ensuring the smooth flow of cargo to the port and re-export […]
Saudia Cargo launches Fly Express for urgent shipments
Saudia Cargo has launched Fly Express, offering high priority express delivery for urgent international shipments. The service offers early booking via the email, flyexpress@saudiacargo.com for airport-to-airport delivery up to 300 kilos per shipment, as well as a money back guarantee for an added cost if it does not deliver on time. Fly Express service is […]
Saudia Cargo renews Human Organ Transportation Agreement
Saudia Cargo has renewed the Human Organ Transportation Agreement with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) for the fourth consecutive year. The agreement was signed by Saudia Cargo chief executive officer, Omar Hariri and SCOT director general, Dr Faisal Shaheen at the airline’s main office in Jeddah. Hariri says: “Saudi Cargo will continue to […]
Saudia Cargo inaugurates cold storage facility at KAIA
Saudia Cargo has inaugurated its modern cold storage facility for pharmaceuticals and medicines at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to meet increasing demand for sensitive, temperature controlled shipments. The refrigerated warehouse was opened in conjunction with launching FlyPharma, an innovative product designed specifically to meet the growing demand for the pharmaceutical and life sciences […]
Saudia Cargo brings WWE Greatest Royal Rumble to Saudi Arabia
Saudia Cargo helped bring the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble to Saudi Arabia by flying equipment needed for the live telecast of the show on 27 April. A Boeing 747 Freighter hauled tonnes of production equipment, including the wrestling ring to help create the spectacular show in Jeddah. The airline provided the transport from New York […]
Saudia Cargo appoints Omar Hariri as new CEO
Saudia Cargo has appointed Omar Hariri as its new chief executive officer (CEO), bringing with him extensive management experience in the transportation, supply and logistics fields. The new CEO will lead the company and strengthen its position in accordance with the transformation strategy taking into account the development of all services provided, the promotion of […]
