Originally Posted by
schley
KSA is very restrictive as many know. I don't know the answer for this particular question, however why would anyone want to leave the airport anyway? I live here and there is nothing to see! Jeddah and Red Sea is beautiful but it is 115 every damn day. UGH! Leaving tomorrow on my repatriation leave for about a month. Thank god!
If you mean RUH, I hope you're joking... I'd give anything not to be stuck there more than an hour (as I was yesterday waiting for a rather delayed flight to JED, which used to be my most hated airport but seems to have got a lot nicer recently - even the self check-in machines worked on the way back earlier today!).
They really, really need to expand the SV lounge in RUH...
ETA: The SV lounge in JED is pretty nice. Rubbish food selection while I was there but juices and soft drinks. Nice view out to the planes. A fair amount of space. Wifi wasn't working. A couple of screaming kids but people managing to sleep too. There didn't seem to be a family section.