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Sama Airlines
A Low Fares Airline
Stationed at
Telephone 9200 05588 or +966 (1) 263
9500 if you are calling from outside Saudi Arabia Click for a link to Sama Press Release
Sama was founded by Investment Enterprises Ltd, chaired by HRH Prince Bandar bin Khalid al Faisal, with the support of Mango Aviation Partners, a UK firm specializing in low fare airline start-up’s. Initial investment was received from 30 major Saudi private and institutional investors including: · Olayan Financial Co Mango Aviation Partners was established by a number of senior executives with many years worth of experience in the UK and European low fares airline industry. As such they brought the specific expertise necessary to establish and develop Sama. Sama flies Boeing 737-300 aircraft which are maintained to the highest international standards by SR Technics. Our aircraft are leased from major worldwide lessors. Sama is a short-haul carrier serving destinations within the Kingdom and eventually other destinations across the Middle East. We do not plan to offer long haul destinations. Why are you called Sama? We chose the name Sama as we wanted a name with layers of meaning in Arabic and relevance to the airline business. Extensive customer research showed that this was the most popular and meaningful name for most people. Sama is a verb, with a number of meanings: To rise (high), to soar, tower up, go up, to be or to become elevated, high, exalted or sublime. In the colloquial Sama refers to the ‘sky’ or ‘majestic heavens’ What is a low fares airline? A low fares airline is an airline which offers low fares by efficiently managing it’s operational costs and removing many traditional passenger frills such as an in-flight meal. The term originated within the airline industry referring to airlines with a low - or lower - operating cost structure than their competitors. A typical low fares airline offers:
Our aim is to offer the “best in class” service to our passengers at a great value price. As the first low fares airline in Saudi Arabia we would urge people to try our service and find out for themselves.
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