SAUDIA denies segregation report

SAUDIA has denied a press report carried by the social media that it was going to introduce gender segregation on its flights.

“We would like to emphasize that no SAUDIA official has made any statement on gender segregation,” said an informed source at the airline.

Referring to the statement issued by Mr. Abdul Rahman Al-Fahd, VP Marketing, on December 30, 2014, the source said it was a reply given by him through his personal Twitter account to one of his Twitter followers.

That individual had pointed out that the issue of seat arrangement for families required solution as his flight delayed 15 minutes because of it.

In reply to that Mr. Al-Fahd said: “We have introduced some solutions this week and we are awaiting its result.” Some Arab and foreign media websites to wrongly interpreted this reply to report that SAUDIA was planning segregation.

It is worth mentioning that the airline’s website allow families to select nearby seats for their members while booking. Some passengers may not get this facility if they did not select seats or made late reservations.

“This may result in family members not getting seats away from one another,” the source said, adding that cabin crewmembers try their best to solve such problems quickly without causing flight delays.