Overview

• Daily Riyadh–Heathrow service begins October 26 using a leased Boeing 787 nicknamed Jamila.
• Seats are restricted to Riyadh Air and PIF employees and their families via the new Sfeer program, which opens for public enrollment on October 8 without access to initial flights.
• CEO Tony Douglas says the first two new 787-9 deliveries are expected weeks after the debut, with the first imminent and the second roughly a month later.
• Public ticket sales will start only after both new aircraft enter service under a deliberate test-first launch strategy.
• Riyadh Air’s first 787-9 has emerged from Boeing’s Charleston paint shop, the second is in final assembly, and the airline holds 39 firm Dreamliner orders plus options for 33 with Dubai planned once deliveries begin.