Saudi Aviation Strategy

This Saudi Aviation Strategy will turn Saudi Arabia into a leader in the global industry,enhance the customer experience, improve safety, and promote long-term environmental sustainability.

The Strategy will also empower our tourism sector growth as the Saudi Arabia welcomes the world.

For the Kingdom, this means delivering seamless experiences to 330 million passengers across 250+ destinations and through transportation of 4.5 million tons of air cargo by 2030.
Through the work of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and the entire aviation ecosystem, the sector offers unprecedented opportunities backed up by $100 billion in investment by (government and private sector) – for international investors, as well as the Saudi people.
The strategy aims to enable National Tourism Strategy (300M PAX) & serve national air cargo needs (2.5M tons). Upgrade KSA to become a global transit hub (30M PAX) & global air cargo hub (2.0M tons transit).

The strategy seeks to extend KSA connectivity to 250+ destinations across 29 airports with RUH & JED serving as 2 global PAX long-haul connecting hub & global air cargo hubs leveraging belly capacity, increase local LLC market share, local carrier competitiveness, and launch a new carrier, upgrade infrastructure & operations, including airport PAX capacity & experience in line with Tourism Strategy, and the state-of-the-art Cargo facilities. To enable fair competition and globally competitive pricing and regulatory frameworks for international & domestic operators.
The Saudi Aviation Strategy is the roadmap by which Saudi Arabia will realize these goals – a plan enabled by the full support of government to capitalize on the Kingdom’s strategic location and to unlock for generations to come its full potential as a leading international destination of choice for tourism and business travel, as well as a thriving global logistics hub.
Saudi Arabia has the strategy, the ambition and the resources to shape the evolution of the international aviation industry over the next ten years, and beyond. The Saudi Aviation Strategy is the start of a journey, for Saudi Arabia, for global aviation and for the world.
GACA has transferred 25 of the Kingdom’s airports to private operator, Matarat Holding Company. Privatization enables development of Saudi airports to raise their operational efficiency and provide the highest standards of passenger services. Over time, these changes will create investment opportunities that will significantly increase the Kingdom’s GDP and enable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).