Saudia, the fleet

The fleet

The fleet in 1981. 

In 1981, the days that I started off the work as a Flight attendant for Saudi Arabian airlines, we had several nice airplanes on which we received safety and service training of.

We had the Boeing 747, 707 and 737. The Lockheed Tristar L1011, the cargo planes and the Royal Fleet consisting of several Gulfstream II's and two Boeing 737's with adapted seat configuration and interior apt to serve flights for government officials and the Royal family. On top of that a Boeing 747 SP was converted into a flying palace almost, equiped with even an operation room with an hydraulic operationtable to work on even during turbulence. In the seat of the king a special device had been installed that could measure the heart rate of the King and was directly connected with the famous Mayo Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio in the US.  The registration of this plane was HM 1, His majesty one.  The Royal Boeing 737's had the registtration code HM2 and HM3.

The commercially used aircraft had a registration code that started with HZ.

The fleet in 2012

The nowadays fleet consists of Boeings and Airbusses mainly.  Saudia has a Beoing 777, Boeing 737, Boeing 747, Airbus 320-200, Airbus 333, and MD90 and the Embraer 170.