FBOs
Two Saudia Units Participate at MEBAA
The flag carrier's private aviation and MRO subsidiaries will also contribute to the MEBAA Conference.
Richard Koe and Fahad Ibrahim Alijarboa
Richard Koe, WingX Advance managing director and Saudia Private Aviation CEO Fahad Ibrahim Alijarboa on the podium at MEBAA 2022. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Two subsidiaries of Saudi Arabia's national flag carrier Saudia—VIP charter, management, and FBO arm Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) and MRO Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI)—are participating this week at MEBAA 2022.

SPA runs the largest private aviation terminal/FBO in the kingdom and offers ad hoc access to the mother company’s fleet for charter opportunities—a strategy CEO Fahad Al Jarboa explained in 2019. He told AIN that it expects to take delivery of an Embraer Praetor 500 next year, with an option on a second.