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Sama Airlines is preparing for the summer, increasing flights and launching new destinations
- Saudi Arabia: Monday, May 19 - 2008 at 09:45
- PRESS RELEASE
Sama Airlines, the newest low-fare carrier in Saudi Arabia, has added Sharm Al-Sheikh in Egypt as it's tenth international destination and the third point in the Egypt after Alexandria and Asiut.
The first flight will be on Tuesday 10th Jun 2008 from Jeddah to Amman, and then on Thursday 12th Jun 2008. This announcement is part of Sama's preparation for the next summer season.
Mr. Samer Atawi, Sama Chief Commercial Officer said: "As part of Sama's preparation for the next summer season, we are pleased to inaugurate flights to Sharm Al-Sheikhadding to Sama's increasing network of international destinations.
Flights will depart on a daily basis two per week from Riyadh and five from Jeddah. In addition, Samais launching a new route between Jeddah and Amman in Jordan, with daily flights and we are also increasing the number of flights between Riyadh and Amman to 6 flights per week.
According to our studies, we are expectingdemand for travel market in Saudi Arabia for domestic and international flights this summer to increase by more than 15% compared with last summer.
We have also increased the number of flights between some destinations such as Riyadh-Dammam, Jeddah-Dammam, Riyadh-Alexandria, Riyadh-Amman, and Jeddah-Alexandria.
Furthermore, to facilitate and simplifythe travel arrangements for our guest passengers, we have coordinated with our partners to provide options for accommodation in several hotels with discounted and competitive low-prices when they book through our website www.flysama.com"
Sama Airlines will operate a daily flight between Jeddah and Sharm Al-Sheikh, and two flights per week (every Tuesday and Thursday) between Al-Riyadh and Sharm Al-Sheikh.
The daily flights between Jeddah and Amman, and 6 flights per week between Riyadh and Amman.
The travel demand between Saudi Arabia and Egypt and Jordan is the highest in the region, reflecting xtensive family connections, visiting friends and family, or for tourism or business.
Sama flies to 13 domestic destinations (Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah, Abha, Jizan, Hail, Arar, Jouf, Tabouk, Rafha, and Bisha) and 10 international destinations across the Middle East (Abu-Dhabi, Sharjah, Amman, Damascus, Latakia, Aleppo, Beirut, Alexandira, Asiut and Sharm el Sheikh).
Sama offers various ways for booking, such as the website (www.flysama.com) or Call Centre 9200 05588, or Sales Centre in all the main cities (Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Abha) and the Airports, or our Authorised Travel Agents (Inside Saudi Arabia and outside). With various option for paying (Cash, Credit Card, Sadad).
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• Sama is the newest Low-Fare Carrier in Saudi Arabia. Founded by Investment Enterprises Ltd, chaired by HRH Prince Bandar bin Khalid al Faisal on 2005, with 30 major Saudi private and institutional investors• A low fares airline is an airline which offers low fares by efficiently managing its operational costs and removing many traditional passenger frills that passengers don't value. Passengers or guests as we refer to them in Sama are encouraged to book early to get the best price.
• Sama has 6 Boeing 737-300 aircraft as well as a Jetstream for the operation of regional services. These are maintained to the highest international standards. Sama plan to increase its fleet to 30 - 35 aircraft by 2010.
• Sama's mission to be the most preferred low-fare airline in Middle East
• Sama has more than 400 employees, with more than 50% of them being Saudi's.
• First flight was on 18 March 2007, departing from King Fahad International Airport in Dammam to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Now, Sama operates more than 300 weekly flights.
• Sama now flies to 13 domestic destinations (Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah, Abha, Jizan, Hail, Arar, Jouf, Tabouk, and Rafha and Bisha).
• Sama also operates international flights to 9 international destinations across the Middle East (Abu-Dhabi, Sharjah, Amman, Damascus, Latakia, Aleppo, Beirut, Alexandria, and Asiut).
• Sama offers various way for booking, such as:
Website: www.flysama.com
Call Centre: 9200 05588
Sales Centre: in all the main cities and airports
Authorised Travel Agents (Inside Saudi Arabia and outside)
• Sama offers many ways for payment, such as:
Cash
Credit Cards (American Express, Visa, MasterCard)
Sadad (ATM and Saudi Banks websites)
• Sama's slogan is "Simply Fly" reflecting the simplicity of the travel experience with Sama. We also seek to promote the concept of advance booking to secure the lowest fares, adopted as "Book early, Save more" in a recent marketing campaign.
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