JEDDAH — Saudia Group celebrated the biggest commencement in its historical past, honoring greater than 1,000 Saudi women and men finishing aviation coaching packages, because it outlined plans to create greater than 12,000 jobs via the supply of 185 new plane within the coming years.
The ceremony, held in Jeddah, marked a milestone for the group’s workforce growth technique and its broader contribution to the Nationwide Aviation Technique.
Graduates will be part of Saudia Airways, Saudia Academy, Saudia Technic, Saudi Floor Companies (SGS), SAL Logistics Companies, flyadeal and CATRION.
Eng. Ibrahim Al Omar, Director Common of Saudia Group, stated the commencement represents a brand new part within the group’s plan to localize the air transport trade, noting that vital progress has been achieved in localizing key aviation jobs, exceeding focused efficiency indicators by between 43% and 230% throughout core roles.
He stated the group’s new fleet of 185 plane, scheduled for supply over the following few years, is predicted to generate greater than 12,000 jobs throughout the aviation ecosystem.
In parallel, the growth of Saudia Technic’s upkeep hangar at King Abdulaziz Worldwide Airport in Jeddah will quickly turn out to be absolutely operational, creating hundreds of further direct jobs in plane upkeep, restore and overhaul.
Al Omar added that Saudi Arabia has adopted a structured strategy in its agreements with main world producers, embedding clauses that guarantee information switch and the qualification of Saudi cadres throughout the Kingdom, contributing to increased native content material and sustainable functionality constructing.
He famous that native content material throughout the group has risen from 19% in 2019 to 29% at present, with a goal of reaching 45% within the coming years.
Saudia Academy, he stated, has advanced right into a complete coaching middle masking a number of aviation specialties, outfitted with superior amenities, certified trainers and internationally aligned curricula.
The target is to place the academy as a world coaching reference attracting trainees from all over the world.
Al Omar additionally underscored the Kingdom’s longstanding concentrate on human capital, noting that since its institution greater than 80 years in the past, Saudi Arabia has prioritized constructing nationwide expertise.
He recalled that the primary batch of scholars was despatched to check aviation sciences in the course of the reign of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, laying the muse for immediately’s aviation workforce.
Minister of Transport and Logistics Companies and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of the Common Authority of Civil Aviation, Eng. Saleh Al-Jasser, led the ceremony and described the commencement as aligned with Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030, whose core goal contains offering high quality job alternatives for residents and strengthening nationwide establishments.
Al-Jasser stated the aviation sector and the broader transport and logistics system are witnessing fast growth beneath the Kingdom’s management, mirrored in improved worldwide indicators, new investments and the launch of main tasks and initiatives.
He emphasised that from its early years, the Public Establishment for Saudi Arabian Airways believed in constructing human capital as a strategic precedence. The establishment invested closely in restructuring and re-engineering workforce growth, together with linking secondment and scholarship packages to particular educational pathways tied to sector wants.
Al-Jasser expressed confidence that the brand new graduates would contribute to inserting the establishment on the forefront because it advances its transformation journey towards profitability and operational self-reliance.
