Saudi Arabian Airlines Logo — Saudi Arabian Airlines is the airline ‘s national Saudi Arabia , based in Jeddah . It operates scheduled domestic and international to over 70 destinations in the Middle East , Africa , Asia , Europe and North America and international charter flights especially in times of Ramadan and Hajj . The main airport is the airline’s King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, also highlighting King Khalid Airport in Riyadh and Dammam King Fahd. The new Dammam airport was opened for commercial use on November 28 of 1999 , and was once exclusively for military use. Saudi Arabian Airlines is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization .
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When U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave to King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud with a Douglas DC-3 in 1945, the government saw the door open to begin the development of civil aviation in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Airlines was founded in September 1946 as a government agency under the control of Ministry of Defence, although the agency had a management agreement with the U.S. airline TWA . From the beginning the Airport Jeddah , close to downtown, served as a base of operations for the company. Among the first airline operations included special flights from the city Palestinians from Lydda to carry pilgrims to Jeddah. In March 1947 the company launched its regular flight Jeddah-Riyadh-Hofuf-Dhahran made by 5 Douglas DC-3, which was followed by the first international flight between Jeddah and Cairo. Services to Damascus and Beirut began in early 1948. More