The conversation discusses various experiences of flying with Saudi Airlines, with mixed reviews from users. Some mention good service and spacious seating, while others express dissatisfaction, particularly around the airline's treatment of non-Arab passengers and the overall quality of service compared to other airlines. A few users suggest that airlines from the Middle East generally offer good experiences due to the wealth of the countries. However, there's a consensus that personal experiences can vary significantly.
Ian *****
Nope. Decent service but overall is pretty average. And you really want a stopover in Jeddah or Riyadh.
Diezzy ******
Peefect
Matthew *************
Heard their business class is excellent
Darren *****
Flew to Philippines last week with them, seats are good even if you're big like me there's lots of space, but I wouldn't use them again.
Amina *********
Amazing staff and service with Saudia 😊
Paul *******
I have heard that one of the good things about flying with Saudia at this time is they don't enforce masking on board, even on flights to/from Thailand. For those who love breathing fresh air and hate medical tyranny, Saudia is a better choice than THAI, which still enforces it across it's entire flight network (though there are scattered reports of unmasked farang traveling internationally on THAI, particularly on routes to Europe, who were not asked to put a mask on, but that isn't indicative of the policy having been changed).
Bill *********
In general all of the middle east airlines are good because all the countries are rich and want to show off. I flew Qatar, it was good but more expensive than some. I heard Eva is good too.
lucky for you that you are white with all the privileges. For brown Asians like myself, it is like the old south africa apartheid
Mohsin ************
Yes mate with the privileges you have and it was still bad. Can you just imagine what it is like for brown and black non arabs people in that part of the world? I don't even transit there