The Saudi civil aviation sector recorded more than 103 million passengers in the first nine months of 2025, a growth rate of 9%, while the number of passengers in the Kingdom rose by 31% compared with pre-pandemic levels, one of the highest growth rates in the world.
These indicators came during a speech by Ali Rajab, Executive Vice President of Air Transport and International Cooperation at Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), at Dubai Airshow 2025, in which he stressed that the Saudi aviation sector is undergoing an unprecedented transformation driven by the Aviation Program and Saudi Vision 2030, according to an official post on the authority's LinkedIn account.
Rajab noted that new economic policies have helped strengthen the Kingdom's position as a global destination for air transport and air cargo services, in addition to raising operational efficiency, encouraging investment and launching a roadmap for advanced air mobility to support innovation and enable the future of aviation in the Kingdom.
To view the post on the LinkedIn account of Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation, click here.
