About

SaudiGulf Airlines is the third domestic Saudi airline in operation, after Saudia and budget carrier flynas. Aiming to occupy a gap in the market in the airline industry in Saudi Arabia, SaudiGulf began operations in October 2016 using an initial fleet of four brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft, with a further 24 Bombardier CS300 jets to add to its narrow-body, short-range fleet. Ayman El Mahmoudy, general counsel of SaudiGulf, is an aviation legal expert and boasts spells with EgyptAir, Air Cairo and the Egyptian Minister of Aviation throughout his 26-year career. During this, he has been involved in startup airlines, joint ventures, litigation and internal investigations to name a few areas; this experience marks him out as one of the foremost aviation lawyers operating in the Middle East currently. SaudiGulf has ambitious growth plans and looks set to expand significantly over the next few years, with plans in place to order a number of very large and expensive wide-body jets to enhance their international carrying capacity.