Riyadh, June 16: Anyone can criticize Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and he will have every right to do so as long as our national carrier gives us cause for criticism.
However, there are those who wrote and attacked Saudia, diagnosing the problem but failing to suggest solutions. They did not study external factors that Saudia had no control over nor did they try to examine whether Saudia was a victim of others’ incompetence.
In fact, Saudia is a victim of the General Authority For Civil Aviation (GACA), which slept for three whole years and did not put a brick for a new airport, so the airline had to work in old and cracked facilities. The long queues of people at the airports, who are also victims of the GACA, criticize the wrong party. The moment they see a member of Saudia staff, they start yelling and shouting at him, not knowing that he was not to blame.
Saudia flies to 25 domestic airports, while other GCC airlines fly only to international airports. Therefore, we will be doing Saudia a great injustice if we compare it to other GCC airlines, which also operate according to market rules and at the prices of their choice.
So we have either to accept our national carrier as a public transport company or accept its terms and conditions. The student travels on Saudia between Jeddah and Abha at SR200, while the price of a second-class train ticket between Paris and Geneva, the same distance, is about SR980.
Yes, we have every right to criticize Saudia and hold it accountable for any clear mistakes that might indicate negligence or corruption.
The airline, however, has every right to work according to market rules. We have to cure its old ills, otherwise it will remain a social security company that will guarantee traveling to all airports not according to its prices, but to those suitable for students and families.
I challenge any other airline company to enter our local market and operate in the circumstances Saudia works under.
Thanks to ALI SAAD AL-MUSA | AL-WATAN
Saudi airlines staff is rude
Saudi airlines staff is rude and misbehave with passengers.They are worst especially on the RIY-HYD route as this flight is always full and they dont care if somebody doesnt want to travel.You can consider the RIY-HYD Saudi flight as Red Bus where the treatment is more worst.
There is no alternative to this flight which is the reason why people tolerate the inhumane behaviour of its staff and quality of service if ever they provide.
The Royal use
The royal family is to be blame for misusing it for personnel travel, at any given time in Riyadh or Jeddaha you will find the delay due to some dick or Harry Prince or Princess is flying, and they say it is due to operational delay.
It is better if they set aside some planes for Royal family
personnel use, like Gora and Gori countries has.
Here with Saudia we are not
Here with Saudia we are not dealing about the air fare, we are dealing with the attitude of saudi airlines crew members in international operations who are highly with mannerless behaviour.They do not deserve to be a part of a crew team.I openly say a Indian bus conductor is more better than a saudia crew.
Any airlines can work as
Any airlines can work as much better than saudi if given chance, because the petrol is very cheap and less then the water we purchase for 1 riyal 60 ml and you will get 2 litres of petrol in 1 riyal, how can be air india has same fare compare to saudia, even we have the high price of petrol in india.
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