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Rank: 3
Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA)
CEO: Ibrahim Koshy
Date of Establishment: 1945
Country: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) began with a single aircraft given as a gift to King Abdul Aziz Al Saud by the President of the U.S. at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1945. Today, it has a fleet of 144 aircraft, which flew over 11 million passengers in 2020. The national flag carrier plans to add 70 new airliners to its fleet and sought to raise $3 billion in March 2021. In April 2021, SAUDIA partnered with IATA to begin trialing its Travel Pass mobile app.