GACA president highlights Saudi Arabia’s booming aviation growth

Speaking at the Airline Economics’ Growth Frontiers conference in Riyadh, president of the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Abdulaziz Al-Duialej highlighted how private-public investment in the region’s aviation infrastructure and services is continuing to facilitate huge growth within the sector. “Saudi Arabia is at the start of the most significant aviation industry transformation of the 21st century,” he explained, with traffic in the region set to further increase rapidly over the coming years. With the Kingdom having recently achieved its milestone of 100 million visitors (a seven-year advance on its previous 2030 predictions), it is the government’s intent