Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Notable Quotes

Saudi policy documents frame the aviation push as part of Vision 2030: tripling passenger traffic to 330 million annually and connecting Saudi Arabia to more than 250 destinations by 2030. ([gaca.gov.sa](https://www.gaca.gov.sa/en/Saudi-Aviation-Strategy?utm_source=openai))

from Riyadh Air bets on an ‘AI-native’ airline to rewire global aviation · Updated 6 days ago

"The Line is a civilizational revolution." — Mohammed bin Salman, July 2022 design unveiling.

from Saudi Arabia's NEOM megacity · Updated Apr 27

Stories

Riyadh Air bets on an ‘AI-native’ airline to rewire global aviation

New Capabilities

Political architect of Riyadh Air and the Saudi Aviation Strategy under Vision 2030

Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's startup flag carrier, is what IBM and the airline call the world's first "AI-native" airline — built from day one around AI-driven, cloud-based systems, not retrofitted legacy IT. Launched in March 2023 under Vision 2030, the airline has ordered large fleets from Boeing and Airbus and aims to connect over 100 destinations and serve millions of travelers by 2030 through Riyadh's planned mega-hub.

Updated 6 days ago

Saudi Arabia's NEOM megacity

Built World

Chief patron of NEOM and chair of the Public Investment Fund

Saudi Arabia announced NEOM in 2017 as a 26,000-square-kilometer city of the future on the Red Sea, headlined by THE LINE — a 170-kilometer ribbon of mirrored 500-meter walls. Nine years and roughly $500 billion of headline budget later, the picture in 2026 has split in two. THE LINE is paused at a 2.4-kilometer foundation. The Port of NEOM, in the industrial city of Oxagon, has just commissioned its first container terminal.

Updated Apr 27

Former allies turn weapons on each other in Yemen

Force in Play

Facing renewed Yemen crisis threatening border security

Saudi Arabia bombed a Yemeni port on December 30 to destroy weapons the UAE shipped to separatist forces—forces that were supposed to be on the same side. A roll-on/roll-off vessel named Greenland, flagged out of St. Kitts, disabled its tracking system after leaving Fujairah on December 22 and unloaded combat vehicles and heavy weapons at Mukalla on December 28 for the Southern Transitional Council, which just seized 80% of Yemen's oil reserves. Within hours, Yemen's government declared a 90-day state of emergency, imposed a 72-hour air-sea-land blockade, canceled its defense pact with the UAE, and demanded all Emirati forces leave within 24 hours. The UAE announced voluntary withdrawal by evening. Saudi Arabia called UAE actions an 'extremely dangerous' threat to its national security.

Updated Dec 31, 2025