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Arabi

Established in 1966 in Jeddah by a royal decree as Arabian Air Transport, it was spun off in 1978 as "Arabi" and now is a private airline operating from Saudi Arabia.

SYRIA

One-Off

Largest Boeing 787 order in history

As the year 2010 started approaching, the 757 fleet had aged beyond 15 years mark, Arabi placed the largest 787 order (in world game R0) with 180 new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners to join the A380-800 in the future fleet. Arabi bega...

New breed of Hospitality

By 2005, Arabi had a fleet of 70 aircrafts, 50 757-200 and 20 777-200ER. When Airbus launched the A380 program, Arabi ordered 40 A380-800s with three different cabin layouts: Long Haul, Ultra Long Haul, and Arabi Hospitality® (...

Member of Star Alliance

2000 was a flourishing year for Arabi, the airline became a Star Alliance member. And the new Terminal 3 opens at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), expanding capacity at the airport by 2 million passengers per year.

First 777 order

Arabi’s order for 9 Boeing 777s signaled its ambitions was a vote of confidence for the emerging-industry hard hit by the first Gulf War. The aircrafts joined the fleet of 757s in 1998 with a refreshed livery that debuted Arab...

1994 - A first

The airline's aggressive expansion on European routes generated enough profits that didn't just allow Arabi to payback its loans, but also had enough funds to lease new Boeing 777s. The fleet began with transition from L-1011s...

1982 Arabi

Following a strict schedule on its 737s and with loans from the government, Arabi leased 3 widebody L-1011s, the new planes allowed Arabi to expand its network to 16 routes in Europe. A milestone that would become monumental in...

1978 Arabi

When was spun off by the government in 1978, Arabi inherited two 737s and operated the two on 4 routes.

Pullman® Africa - New Service line by SYRIA

As part of Project Excel, SYRIA began flying directly to Africa from Terminal 2 at Damascus International Airport. Utilizing 10 new Tupolev Tu-214 airliner as the operating costs of the Tu-214 is significantly lower than the ai...

Flying Flag

Project Excel by SYRIA continues the airline's aggressive expansion of its network, the core fleet of 757s allowed SYRIA to be nimble against its competition. This growth promoted SYRIA to update its livery more frequently than...

25 Years Anniversary

After 25 Years in business, SYRIA celebrated the new A340 fleet with a special "Jubilee" Livery, showcasing the drop of "Sleek Carmine" for the first time ever and including a new, more advanced version of the Syrian flag on th...

Syria 757-200 "Sleek Carmine"

After generating enough profits, Syria placed 20-airliner order for the new Boeing 757-200. The 757-200 was to replace both of the aging 707s and 737s fleet. On launch, Syria revealed a new livery dubbed "Sleek Carmine" which n...

EVOLUTION (Evo)

A one-off concept of an airline I was experimenting with and planning to start using in my actual gameplay, however, the airline seems to fit in 2010s and forward, I don't believe it would fit anywhere prior to that time period...

First-ever inflight issue

Syria released the first issue of their inflight magazine, named 'above', in June 1981. The first issue featured a variety of topics, including cover titles"48 hours in Cape Town" and "Spot a Celebrity in Rome". Pictured here i...

Syria boarding pass from 1981

An archived Business class boarding pass with access to Altitude® Lounge at Damascus International Airport (DAM)

SYRIA Altitude Club print ad

A 1980s print ad announcing the top-tier configuration of the newly ordered 757-200 airliner.

1970s SYRIA Boeing 707

Launched in 1970s, the airline acquired 3 used Boeing 737-200Adv and 2 used Boeing 707-320C airliners. For a brief period, Syria launched them with an all-white livery and had a Serif lowercase type "syria" on them. In the sixt...