Riyadh Air has unveiled two new partnerships that spotlight Saudi Arabia’s ambition to set new international requirements in passenger expertise forward of the airline’s 2025 launch.
The service signed long-term agreements with Uber and Saudi wellbeing model Kayanee, combining expertise, mobility, and wellness.
Riyadh Air-Uber partnership
Riyadh Air and Uber have entered a strategic long-term partnership via a Memorandum of Understanding to ship a totally linked end-to-end journey expertise.
Beneath the settlement, the 2 firms will collaborate on digital integration and unique advantages for members of Riyadh Air’s forthcoming loyalty programme, enabling friends to rearrange floor transportation instantly throughout the airline’s digital ecosystem.
Osamah Alnuaiser, Senior Vice President of Advertising and marketing and Company Communications at Riyadh Air, mentioned: “This partnership with Uber is one other instance of how Riyadh Air is reimagining the journey expertise.
“By integrating trusted and revolutionary providers into our providing, we’re making certain our friends get pleasure from a seamless, premium journey each within the air and on the bottom.”
Madhu Kannan, Chief Enterprise Officer at Uber, mentioned: “Our partnership with Riyadh Air is a big step in our mission to make motion seamless for individuals in all places.
“By combining premium air journey with handy and seamless last-mile mobility, we’re making journeys easy and extra handy for travellers within the Kingdom and world wide.”
Riyadh Air mentioned the collaboration helps its wider technique to turn out to be one of many world’s most guest-centric airways, leveraging expertise and strategic alliances to ship unmatched service high quality as it really works towards connecting Saudi Arabia to greater than 100 locations by 2030.
Kayanee partnership — wellbeing at 40,000 ft
The airline additionally introduced a collaboration with Kayanee, a Saudi luxurious wellbeing model launched in 2023, to introduce an unique vary of in-flight amenity kits and loungewear for Enterprise Elite, Enterprise, and Premium Economic system passengers.
The gathering contains skincare merchandise, hydrating lotions, pulse oils, facial mists and bespoke loungewear designed to refresh and rejuvenate travellers from take-off to touchdown.
In a regional first, Premium Economic system friends will obtain Kayanee-designed loungewear tops, bringing enhanced consolation sometimes reserved for higher-tier cabins.
Every amenity pouch is reusable, and Enterprise Elite travellers may also obtain tote baggage reflecting Riyadh Air’s sustainability focus.
Osamah Alnuaiser mentioned the partnership “continues to problem the expectations of individuals flying to and from the Kingdom on what is feasible, as each element has been designed with the traveller in thoughts, reflecting the very best of Saudi creativity and our dedication to distinctive visitor expertise.”
Shen Sivananthan, Chief Industrial Officer at Kayanee, mentioned: “Our philosophy is to nurture the soul via steadiness and empowerment. Each product we’ve curated and every bit we’ve designed displays this ethos, providing travellers an expertise that’s each luxurious and restorative.”
The partnership positions Kayanee’s wellness model on the worldwide stage and introduces Riyadh Air’s friends to Saudi-designed luxurious merchandise aligned with the Kingdom’s wider targets of diversifying its economic system and selling nationwide creativity.