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Old Jul 10, 2024 | 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by DLATL777
its amazing to me the number of people that dont realize that DL is clearly receiving a monetary incentive for this. Tourism Saudi has an unlimited budget and since 2022 has been spending Billions of dollar to grow the demand and awareness of all they are doing for tourism into Saudi. Trust me when I tell you, Millions are being offered to DL, even if its not public knowledge. The more carriers Saudi can convince to fly there, the most seats/passengers come through their airports.
Absolutely agree there are incentives here. And for Saudi Arabia, being able to say Delta will fly to Riyadh and partner with Riyadh Air is important for its global legitimacy.
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