Saudi Arabia’s suggestion last month that it will try to limit how much money expatriate workers send home showed concern about the cost of having foreigners make up nearly a third of the population. An estimated nine million foreign workers and their dependents remitted SR26.8bn ($7.1bn) out of the country in the second quarter of [...]

Alarmed by a predominantly expatriate workforce in Saudi Arabia sending large money transfers outside of the country, the Saudi Labor Ministry has said it will introduce a “salary protection” program to boost its domestic economy. The new program will dictate the amount an expat working in Saudi Arabia can send back home, the Saudi labor [...]

Saudi Arabia is the top ranked country in the Middle East for the ease of doing business through regulatory reforms, a World Bank report has said. Out of 183 economies around the world, the Gulf kingdom was ranked 12th in the Doing Business in a More Transparent World report. It ranks the economies in 10 [...]

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) unveiled plans to open the kingdom’s skies to Gulf airlines. Khalid Al Khaibary, spokesman for the GACA, has said that the authority is seriously considering allowing the GCC-based airlines to operate domestic services in the kingdom. The GACA’s move came at a time when there were [...]

British Airways has announced plans to ramp up the number of flights from London to Riyadh amid a surge in demand, the second such increase in less than six weeks. The London-based carrier said in June it would increase the number of flights from five to six times a week, but said Wednesday it now [...]

NASAIR REWARDING FOLLOWERS WITH A FREE ROUND TRIP FLIGHT Riyadh, June 21 2011: nasair, the low fare airline based in Saudi Arabia, today announced its first Social Media campaign in the region, giving the followers of its official twitter handle (@nasair) the opportunity to win a round trip flight to any of their 26 destinations [...]

NASAIR EXPANDS TO LAHORE Riyadh, June 20 2011: nasair, the low fare airline based in Saudi Arabia, today announced it will launch new flights to Lahore, Pakistan on July 8. The airline will operate 4 weekly flights from Riyadh and 3 weekly flights from Jeddah, Seats will go on sale for an introductory price of [...]

The Masterpieces of Kingdom’s Antiquities Exhibition will be held under the title “Saudi Archeological Masterpieces through the Ages”. This exhibition offers a journey through the heart of Arabia, orchestrated by photographs of the region’s sumptuous landscapes. It takes the form of a series of stopovers in some of the peninsula’s extensive oases, which in ancient [...]

Riyadh, Apr 3 2011: nasair, the low fare carrier airline based in Saudi Arabia, recently participated in the 4th Annual Saudi Travel & Tourism Investment Market (STTIM), an event aiming to promote the most successful and promising investment opportunities and tourism services and products that the region has to offer. A group of nasair team [...]

Nas Air, the first low cost carrier airline based in Saudi Arabia, has launched new flights to three major cities in Turkey: Istanbul, Antakya and Adana. The airline will operate 11 scheduled weekly flights from Riyadh and Jeddah airports, bringing the number of its international destinations to 21 cities. Nas Air is the first airline [...]