Saudia completes B747-300 retirement

Saudia has withdrawn all of its seven B747-300s from service earlier this year leaving it with a own B747 fleet of one B747-200(F) freighter and four B747-400s. It however also wet-leases four B747-400(F)s from Air Atlanta Icelandic and Evergreen International Airlines, a single Air Atlanta B747-300s and a total of 14 B747-400s from Air Atlanta, Orient Thai Airlines and Pullmantur Air. The 5 Orient Thai and Pullmantur B747-400s only operate for Saudia during the Hajj charter season.