SaudiGulf Airlines (Arabic: السعودية الخليجية) was a carrier located in

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. It was owned by the Al Qahtani Group and became the country's third International carrier, after

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History

SaudiGulf Airlines was established in 2013 by Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies, a Saudi consortium of privately owned businesses. The airline was planning to start operation in 2015 but encountered regulatory delays with Saudi Arabia’s

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. The airline received its

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on 22 June 2016. It launched operations on 29 October 2016 with twice daily flights between Dammam and Riyadh. On 28 March 2019 SaudiGulf announced the cancellation of its 16 A220-300 orders. This came after an order for 10 A320neos, which SaudiGulf stated would be a better fit for the airline. The first

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was built, registered as VP-CGE, but not delivered as airline operations were suspended due to

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on 3 June 2020 and the company filed for bankruptcy afterward.

Destinations

SaudiGulf Airlines flew to the following destinations as of October 2018:

Fleet

SaudiGulf Airlines operated the following aircraft at the time of its demise:

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