Saudi Arabian Airlines Becomes Launch Operator of A330-300 Regional

Saudi Arabian Airlines, the national carrier of Saudi Arabia, will become the first airline in the world to operate the new Airbus A330-300 Regional.

The new A330-300 Regional is optimized to seat up to 400 passengers on flights of up to 3,000 nm with a reduced operational weight of around 200 tonnes.

The reduction in fuel burn per seat and maintenance costs will result in an overall cost reduction by up to 26% compared with today’s long-range A330-300.

In addition, the A330 Regional benefits from the latest A350 XWB and A380 technologies.

Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Director General Saudi Arabian Airlines, said, “The A330-300 Regional’s unique flexibility, high capacity and operational capabilities will enable us to expand our domestic and regional network and better absorb growing passenger traffic. Introducing the A330-300 Regional in our current fleet is an ideal choice and follows our previous commitment to a family of aircraft which already successfully helped us achieve our ambitions.”