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Saudi Arabia’s aviation regulator is overseeing massive industry growth.

Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.

Saudi Arabian LCCs are gradually eating into the domestic market once monopolized by flag-carrier Saudia.

Flyadeal's CEO Con Korfiatis says the carrier is short on aircraft after a significant increase in passenger numbers.

Con Korfiatis believes the market is still “very immature” from a low-cost perspective.

The Saudi Arabian LCC has added a third international destination to its growing network as it gears up to increase its fleet by 80% this year.

In-market testing of services has become the most reliable barometer of success, the CEO of Flyadeal tells World Routes delegates.

This week: Bjørn Kjos steps down as Norwegian’s CEO; Flyadeal drops Boeing order in favour of all-Airbus fleet; Lufthansa to base two more A380s in Munich and more.

Saudia's low-cost subsidiary flyadeal, previously an all-Airbus operator, has committed to ordering up to 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft as it seeks to grow its domestic presence.

As low-cost carrier Flynas begins taking delivery of the first of 80 Airbus A320neo aircraft, Routesonline looks at the rapid growth of Saudi Arabia’s aviation market, boosted by a rapidly expanding tourism sector and a more liberalised approach.