Sama adds two aircrafts to its fleet and announces a number of cities to be served

In addition, a sixth aircraft will be arriving next month with further aircraft to be announced later in the year once negotiations conclude. This growth marks further progress in Sama's strategic plan to grow its fleet to 35 aircraft by 2010.

Andrew Cowen, Chief Executive Officer of Sama revealed that the steady increase in the number of aircraft will enable Sama to introduce new destinations as well as to increase the frequency of flights between key cities. The larger fleet will also support enhanced levels of operational punctuality. Sama will use aircraft 5 to offer additional flights between Dammam and Jeddah as well as Riyadh to Jeddah during the Holy month of Ramadan and the Hajj season. This is in order to meet the massive demand on this route.

Sama is currently operating 30 daily flights between 6 main cities (Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh, Abha, Gizan, Madinah).

Cowen added that these aircraft will support new routes from Dammam to Hail, as well as from Hail to the following destinations: Ar'ar, Tabuk, Rafha, Al Qurayyat and Al Jawf. These are Sama's first new destinations in the northern provinces and are part of Sama's plan to offer low fares across the Kingdom. These new destination are open for booking now with flights beginning on the 28th of October 07.

In addition to the usual payment methods of cash or credit cards, customers can also pay for their bookings via at standard ATM machines.