Saudi Arabian new website map and 747SP questions

[newscaster]

Their new website map is showing Frankfort (Kentucy/USA), Brussles, Taipei and Osaka, I know BRU is a cargo destination but then they are not showing other cargo stations, are these places being started?

http://www.saudiairlines.com/portal/...001f64e80aRCRD

Are the 747SP still operating commercially because schedules show all Manila flights with the type, while 741 and 743 are also listed for other places so its nota typo error.

[kwachon]

SP's are for training and Royal Flight use.

[mutt]

The Manila flights were operated by Air Atlanta, so they probably used the aircraft code of SP to reflect that.

As for the route map, its wrong

Mutt

[newscaster]

Thanks mutt, Frankfurt maybe they got confused as its missing from the European map, Brussles, Osaka and Taipei could be from older cargo route maps, but adding Lima there is weird.

[punkalouver]

SP's are for training and Royal Flight use.

Can you expand on the training part?

[mutt]

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at technical colleges and polytechnics. In addition to the basic training required for a trade, occupation or profession, observers of the labor-market[attribution needed] recognise today the need to continue training beyond initial qualifications: to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout working life. People within many professions and occupations may refer to this sort of training as professional development.

Or for short, flight crew training for circuits and bumps if nothing else sitting around

Mutt