Originally Posted by
mutt
This talk has gone on for a few years, the company requested the aircraft from the Government and are awaiting approval, as you said the original 777-200's were delivered starting on the 25Dec1997, there are 22 of them and most of the A320's are leased, so they can easily change 50 aircraft without needing to hire any crew.
I doubt that the E170 needs to be replaced by a 90 seater, economically the 320 would suit as the domestic loads are high with an ever growing population.
As for PSAA, well what can I say
Having said all that; Saudia are planning to double in size in the the next 5 years both in terms of fleet size and in terms of passengers per year. Whether it is doable or not remains to be seen, they will certainly throw a lot of money at it. Approval from the government is not only in place but it is required by the government.
The newspaper article refers to the delivery of 100 new aircraft of which only 12 have been delivered to date.