The path of Riyadh Air

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00:00We were just listening to the CEO of Riyadh Air, Tony Douglas, speaking there.

00:04What really stood out for me while talking to him is just the speed and the scale of this rollout.

00:13Yeah, absolutely, Tom. I had the privilege of visiting the Riyadh Air offices when they were still in the first place.

00:19And the first thought I had stepping inside was, wow, this is truly a startup environment.

00:25But perhaps one of the world's most well-funded startups.

00:29The energy is absolutely off the charts.

00:33You know, Riyadh Air has a world-class team in place.

00:37Tony Douglas is doing fantastic things, but he's accompanied by similarly expert professionals, Adam Bukadita,

00:46some other individuals who built Etihad Airways together from a loss-making airline to a very profitable airline.

00:53Pedigree, you know, across the team of thousands of people that are doing incredible things.

01:00I think, you know, the Riyadh Air is just to get another example of the brilliance also,

01:05I mean, if we expand this out a little bit, of the strategy that's underway by not just the PIF,

01:10but many of the entities and the national agenda around Saudi Arabia.