Reference metrics compiled from the Wayzuno Aviation Relational Database covering safety audits, A14 dispatch punctuality, cabin altitude pressurization, ETOPS oceanic certifications, and inflight hospitality:
Luxury Amenity Kits, Bedding & Tableware
Amenity Kit & Skincare
Furla Italy (Business) & Porsche Design (First Suite) (Acca Kappa (White Moss Lip Balm, Face Cream & Eau de Cologne))
Loungewear & Bedding
Saudia First Suite Luxury Soft-Knit Sleepwear & Slippers | Memory Foam Mattress Topper & Microfiber Thermal Duvet
ANC Headphones
Bose QuietComfort Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Porcelain & Crystal
Royal Doulton Fine Bone China & Islamic Geometric Plateware & Fine Stemless Crystalline Tumblers for Mocktails & Juices
Flagship Airframe Composites & Propulsion
Flagship Airframe
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (50% CFRP Composite)
Fuselage & Wing
One-Piece Barrel Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)
Turbofan Propulsion
GEnx-1B76 (76,100 lbf, BPR 9.6:1)
Heavy D-Check Interval
Every 12 years (130,000 DSG hrs)
Fly-By-Wire Control Laws, Landing Gear & Fuel
FBW Architecture
Full 3-Axis Digital Fly-By-Wire (More-Electric Architecture) (Tactile Back-Driven Control Column / Yoke (Mechanically Linked Left & Right with Artificial Feel))
Hydraulics & Actuators
5000 (5,000 psi Left, Right & Electric Center Hydraulic Systems) psi | Yes (Electrically Actuated Spoilers & Horizontal Stabilizer Trim + Electric Carbon Brakes)
Main Gear & Brakes
2x 4-Wheel Dual-Tandem Main Bogies (100% Electric Brake Actuation System (No Hydraulic Brake Fluid) + Carbon Disks)
Fuel Capacity & Jettison
126,372 L | Dump: Yes (Standard Dual Wing Jettison Nozzles)
Auxiliary Power (APU), Crew Bunks & CO₂
Tail-Cone APU Model
Pratt & Whitney Canada APS5000 (2 x 225 kVA (450 kVA Total - More-Electric Bleedless Architecture) kVA, 110 kg/hr)
Flight Deck Crew Bunks
Overhead Crew Rest Module (OFCR) 2 Bunks (2 Pilot Bunks)
Cabin Crew Rest Berths
Aft Overhead Crew Rest (OFAR) 6 Bunks (6 Berths, Class 1 Rest Facility)
Specific Emissions
64g CO₂/seat-km (Eco Rating: A+)
Alliance Reciprocal Perks & Hull Underwriting
Top Alliance Tier
SkyTeam Elite Plus: Access to 750+ SkyTeam lounges worldwide on international itineraries with 1 guest
Hull & Liability Cover
Tier 1 (Lowest Risk) — Liability Limit $2,500,000,000 (Lloyd's of London / Munich Re / Swiss Re)
Status Match Challenges, Million Miler & Parental Pause
Status Match Program
Saudia Alfursan Fast-Track Match (Fee: $0)
90-Day Challenge
Earn 20,000 tier miles or fly 15 international sectors on Saudia within 90 days
Million Miler Lifetime
Alfursan Gold (SkyTeam Elite Plus) & Alfursan Platinum top tier
Parental Status Pause
Yes (Family pooling and parental leave consideration)
Cabin Window Dimensions & Electrochromic Dimming
Window Dimensions
18.4 in × 10.7 in (47 cm × 27 cm — Largest Window on Any In-Service Widebody until 777X!) (196.9 sq in)
Dimming Technology
100% Electronic Electrochromic Smart Gel Dimming (No Plastic Pull-Down Shades! — 5 Passenger Button Settings from Clear to 99.999% Opacity in 60 Seconds + Flight Attendant Master Cabin Control!)
Cockpit Glazing
6-Pane Laminated Acrylic/Glass Cockpit Windshield with Gold/Indium-Tin-Oxide Conductive Anti-Ice Heating Film (No Mechanical Wipers on 777X, Dual Electric Wipers on 787)
Horizon Ergonomics
Positioned 4 Inches Higher on Fuselage Barrel So Even Center-Aisle Passengers Can See the Horizon Over Seatbacks!
Chauffeur-Drive Limousines & Porsche Tarmac Transfers
Chauffeur Program
Saudia First Suite Limousine & Al-Fursan VIP Service (First Suite & Business Class (Select International Routes))
Complimentary Radius
Entire Metropolitan Area of Riyadh (RUH) and Jeddah (JED)
Luxury Vehicle Fleet
Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series & Cadillac Escalade
Airside Tarmac Transfer
Yes (Direct VIP bus and private limousine to aircraft stand at King Abdulaziz Terminal 1)
Fifth Freedom Exotic Routes & Widebody Suites
Fifth Freedom Route
MNL-KUL (Manila — Kuala Lumpur) (SV862 / SV863 — 4x Weekly)
Aircraft Operated
Boeing 777-300ER (1 Active 5th-Freedom Corridors)
Premium Cabin Product
30 Business Class Lie-Flat Seats on a 3.5-hour flight between the Philippines and Malaysia
Treaty Traffic Rights
Southeast Asia feeder continuation of Jeddah/Riyadh routes
Stopovers & Free Transit Hotels
Stopover Program
Saudia 96-Hour Stopover Program (Your Ticket Your Visa) (Jeddah (JED) or Riyadh (RUH))
Duration & Hotel Subsidy
4d Max — 1 Complimentary Night in a 4-Star or 5-Star Hotel in Jeddah or Riyadh when booking Saudia international flights!
Eligible Fares & Tours
All Saudia international transit tickets with 12 to 96 hours stopover duration — Free 96-hour Stopover Visa issued automatically in 3 minutes during airline ticket checkout!
Booking Window & Visa
Electronic Saudi transit visa and 1 free hotel night booked seamlessly in a single step on saudia.com
Paint Weight, Aerodynamics & Riblets
Coating System
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Jet Glo Express / PPG CA8000 (Chromate-free primer with high-gloss polyurethane Basecoat/Clearcoat)
Paint Mass & Repaint
280 kg (680 L) — 6y Cycle
AeroSHARK Riblet Film
Under airline evaluation for composite fuselage skin integration
Fuel Drag & Lightning
0.8% fuel savings via ultra-smooth laminar surface coatings — Expanded Copper Mesh (ECM) co-cured into 100% composite fuselage
Bereavement, Military & Student Fares
Bereavement Policy
Compassionate ticket reissuance and refund privileges
Military Baggage Allowance
Saudi Armed Forces personnel receive up to 50% discount on domestic flights (Max Up to 32 kg on military service orders)
Student & Youth Privileges
Saudia Student Discounts: special rates for Saudi scholarship students abroad — Extra: 1 additional checked bag free (up to 23kg) for international university students
Humanitarian & Docs
King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre partnership agreements (Saudi Military ID / Ministry of Defence letter; Cultural Mission student letter)
Flight Recorders, 25h CVR & GADSS
Avionics & Recording
Honeywell Aerospace solid-state crash-survivable CVR/FDR (25h Audio / 3000 Parameters)
Crash & Fire Protection
3400g Shock — 1100C for 60 minutes / 260C for 10 hours
Underwater Locator Beacon
6000m Depth Beacon (90d Battery)
GADSS Distress Tracking
Autonomous distress tracking via Inmarsat Classic Aero and SwiftBroadband SATCOM links
Cabin Air Quality, HEPA & Ozone
Filtration Efficiency
99.97% HEPA (Refreshed every 2.5m)
Air Supply Architecture
Electric Compressor (Bleedless architecture with 4 cabin air compressors)
Ozone & VOC Scrubbing
Yes (Standard dual ozone and volatile organic compound catalytic converters) — Multi-layer activated carbon and chemisorbent gaseous filtration beds
Fresh Air Ratio & Spec
50% Fresh Outside Air / 50% High-Efficiency Recirculated Air — Exceeds hospital operating room HEPA standard (MIL-STD-282 & IEST-RP-CC001)
APU Fuel Burn, Noise & Gate Emissions
APU Model & Output
Pratt & Whitney AeroPower APS5000 (Electric APU) (450 kVA / 0 psi)
Fuel Burn & CO2 Rate
160 kg/h (505 kg CO2/h)
Ground Run Limit
30 Minutes Maximum at Hub Gates
Electric Gate Savings
90% emissions reduction: APS5000 produces no bleed air, supplying only electrical power
Circadian LED Lighting & Melatonin Control
Lighting System OEM
Collins Aerospace / Boeing Sky Interior
Color Gamut & Scenarios
16.7M RGB Colors (24 Pre-Programmed Scenes)
Melatonin Suppression
Yes (Warm amber spectrum reducing blue light wavelengths below 460nm during sleep phases)
Automated Flight Transitions
Automated gate-to-gate sync: Boarding, Taxi, Climb, Dining, Rest, Awakening, Descent
Landing Gear Bogies & Nitrogen Inflation
Gear Configuration
Tricycle with twin nose and four-wheel dual-bogie main
Tire Count & Radial OEM
10 Total Tires (8 Main + 2 Nose) — Bridgestone Radial R-Fire
Nitrogen Inflation Pressure
220 psi (99.9% Dry N2 Purity)
Brakes & Anti-Skid
Collins Aerospace electric carbon brake actuators — Collins brake-by-wire anti-skid with electromechanical clamping
Evacuation Slides & Life Rafts
Slide & Raft OEM
Collins Aerospace (SLIDE-B789-01)
Doors & Offwing Ramps
8 Door Slides + 0 Offwing Ramps
Deployment Speed & Raft
5.0s Deployment · 65 Pax Life Raft
Beacon & Overhaul
406.0 MHz ELT · 3y Cycle
Emergency Oxygen & Chemical Canisters
Generation Technology
High-Pressure Gaseous Cylinder System (OXY-B789-01)
Flow Duration & Rate
22 Minutes Flow · 4.0 L/min NTP
Activation & Temperature
Electrically signaled pulse demand and lanyard (20°C)
Mountain Route Certification
High-Terrain Certified: TRUE · 5y Inspection
Cargo Fire Suppression & Halon Metering
Compartment Class & Agent
Class C Compartment — Halon 1301 metered flow ETOPS system
ETOPS Extinguishing Duration
330 Minutes Diversion Protection
Knockdown & Metered Flow
55s Initial Flood · 24.0 kg/h Metered
Detection Redundancy
Dual-loop photoelectric optical smoke sensors (Replacement: 2035)
Bleed Air Pre-Coolers & Pneumatics
System OEM & Stage Source
Collins / Hamilton Sundstrand · Bleedless (Dedicated CAC ram-air compressors)
Thermal Delta & Pressure
0°C inlet → 0°C exit (0 psi)
Crossbleed & Wing Anti-Ice
No pneumatic crossbleed (All-electric architecture) · 0.0 kg/s demand
Bleedless Architecture
TRUE
Dual Cockpit HUD & Enhanced Vision (EFVS)
Avionics System & Layout
Collins Aerospace HGS-6000 Series (Dual Captain and First Officer HUDs)
Infrared Sensor & Synthetic Vision
1.0 to 5.0 (Short-wave / mid-wave IR EVS) µm IR Band · SVS 3D Terrain: TRUE (Rockwell Collins SVS synthetic vision)
EFVS Landing Credit & RVR
TRUE (FAA Part 91.176 EFVS touchdown credit) (Credit: 100m RVR)
Combiner Glass Transmittance
88.0% Optical Transmittance
Wing Leading Edge Ice Protection Systems
Ice Protection Method & OEM
Electro-Thermal Heating Blankets — Collins Aerospace / GKN
Power & Mass Flow Demand
120 kW · 0.0 kg/s bleed air
Protected Slat Bays & Probes
Electro-thermal heating mats bonded to slats 4 to 8 Slat Bays · 2 Optical Probes
Automatic Ice Activation
TRUE
Synthetic Vision (SVS) Terrain Avionics
Cockpit SVS Architecture
Rockwell Collins / Honeywell SVS
Terrain Database Resolution
3 (High-Resolution DTED Level 2) arcsec DTED (AIRAC Cycle: 28-Day AIRAC Cycle)
CFIT Prevention & Wireframe
30 to 60s Lead Time | 3D Wireframe: TRUE (Conformal 3D Runway Grid & Pavement)
Data Integrity & Display
DO-200B Data Chain Security Certified - Large 12-inch PFD Conformal Synthetic Vision with Dual HUD Link
Photoluminescent Emergency Path Lighting
Floor Proximity Escape Material
Luminescent Zinc Sulfide Matrix
Charging & Dark Dwell Time
160 Lux (Cabin Ambient 15-min Charge) | 90 Minutes Full Visibility
Exit Hatch Luminescence & Signs
3.80 Lux/m2 - High-Intensity LED Dual Redundant
Emergency Power & Burn Cert
28V DC Nicad / Lithium Emergency Power Unit | 14 CFR Part 25.812(e) / CS-25.812 Compliant
Flight Data Monitoring & FOQA Telemetry
Quick Access Recorder (QAR)
Teledyne Wireless WQAR / Penny & Giles Optical QAR
Telemetry Transmission & Parameters
Automated 4G/5G Cellular + SATCOM Post-Flight Burst (1350 Parameters)
Stabilized Approach & Deep Landing
1000 ft IMC / 500 ft VMC Stabilized Approach Gate | Automated Touchdown Zone Distance Exceedance Detection
Tailstrike Monitor & Protection
Dynamic Main Gear Squat Switch & Pitch Attitude Threshold (Coverage: 98.9%)
