Saudi Arabian Airlines

✅ Trip Verified | Colombo to Milan via Jeddah. This was the worst flight of my entire life. Starting with the fact that you couldn't pay 100 usd for a surfboard with a credit card, so I had to exit the airport to get cash, re-enter, go to their office. Jeddah airport where we spent 5 hours in transit was pure hell - people everywhere, even all over the floor, no place to sit, dirty and smelly, bathroom with mess all over the floor and people washing their feet in the wash basins. No way of knowing your gate and staff making fun of you for even trying to ask. It was a miracle we figured out where we needed to go and caught our flight. But the worst part was getting home, unpacking my precious surfboard and seeing the tail of it broken. I had packed it very well with extra protection on tail and nose aside from a heavy duty boardbag. Whoever handled it made a real effort to break it. Oh, and their customer service is non-existent - if you try to fill out the damage form online it doesn't work, if you try to call them, they just refer you back to the website. They didn't even know what a surfboard was when I called them - a bunch on clowns taking people's money.

✅ Trip Verified | Flight from Rome to Jeddah (4 hr 35 min flight): there was not any kind of entertainment or any kind of comforts such as earplugs, blanket or pillows. Flight from Jeddah to Jakarta (9 hr 55 min flight): the flight had a 2 hour delay, nobody informed us about that and even when we asked they did not provide any kind of answer. Finally, we are on board, my screen was not working so the cabin crew changed my seat. I moved and guess what, my table was not working. At that point, I gave up and I kept my seat sharing the table for eating with my boyfriend. During the flight, there were not enough blankets for all the passengers and they did not provide earplugs or a mask or anything to make the flight a bit more comfortable. Flight from Jakarta to Riyadh (8 hr 55 min). Of course, we started the boarding 2 hours late and of course, nobody apologized or informed us about the delayed. My screen was not working even this time, I informed the cabin crew, which did not do anything (even purpose me a different solution). My seat also had a hole in the front and about the general cleanliness was a total failure. The meals served was something unbelievable. Flight from Riyadh to Rome (6 hr 00 min). For a long flight, the company did not provide any kind of entertainment. Furthermore, the general screen was obviously broken. This does not allow me to watch the security video about the take-off. The sink in the bathroom was stuck and it was not possible to wash your hands.

✅ Trip Verified | Riyadh to Dubai. On time flight and average inflight Service. Food quality and variety needs improvement. Seats and overall aircraft condition was good since it was a newer aircraft.

✅ Trip Verified | Dubai to Riyadh . Bad communication and very old aircraft. Checkin was fine, however the flight was delayed by over 1hour and 30mins, apart from the SMS from Saudia, no further information from ground. Suddenly the on screens displayed final call and announced that flight is closing. This resulted in mass panic amongst all passengers trying to get to the gate. Very poor management of delays. Also the gate staff did not have an idea of no communications to passengers. To make things worse, they had a very old A330 with washrooms in poor condition.

✅ Trip Verified | My flight from Jeddah to Madinah on 13 of August 2018 for Hajj has been postponed 4 times and till now 00:01 9n 14 August I am waiting in a very bad hall since my flight landed at 3 PM on 13 August. Saudi Arabian Airlines representative has provided a snack followed by meal saying that I can do nothing but meal. Bearing in our mind that hourly there is a flight from Jeddah to Madinah. However,instead of deferring each flight 1 hour late,they preferred to delay my flight more than 6 hours. I do not think that was a wise attitude towards pilgrims and the airline should think twice before changing any flight especially after giving the passenger a boarding pass in which the time to fly was writing as 21:35.

✅ Trip Verified | Washington to Riyadh. It was a very good and comfortable flight. Friendly and attentive staff. The economy seats have a very good leg room. Well picked entertainments. And to be mentioned, the staff at the ground service in Washington were very nice.

✅ Trip Verified | Manchester to Singapore via Jeddah. Saudia lost my luggage and say they are unable to trace any of my luggage. I cannot even complete the complaint form online because the form is unable to submit and an error message appears every time I try to contact any department. Very poor.

✅ Trip Verified | London to Manila via Jeddah. Jeddah airport was chaotic. Airline was already delayed from London, and Jeddah’s airport was so disorganised, you can see from screen that the next connecting flight going to Philippines is already boarding but no gate. So have to queued from where Filipinos are queuing, with people pushing and squeezing as staff didnt even bother to arrange the passengers according to their zones while boarding. Worst service ever, no blankets provided to passengers as they run out of stock, entertainment was worst as earplugs provided hurts my ear and the sound quality was ridiculous. You rather listen to the noisy sound of the plane rather than listening to it’s entertainment using its earplug provided. Worst nightmare came during luggage claim - waited for almost 2hrs only to find out that my luggage was left in London. Saudia staff in Philippines were terrible been promised that will be able to get my luggage the day after as they will put it on priority as told them that will be travelling again to HK, but got my luggage 3 days after.I wont be using this airline again for the stress it has given me. Never again.

✅ Trip Verified | Flew Jeddah to Dhaka with Saudi Arabian Airlines. This is the worst business class I have ever been on in my life. When I first got to the lounge I did not understand how in world this extremely disgusting lounge where I could hear mechanics drilling into an area and open construction going on ever be a business class lounge. Secondly the flight got delayed and no announcements were made on the matter, an announcement was made an hour later after which the passengers were told to immediately board the plane. My parents and I were stuffed into a bus with economy class passengers and faced extreme humiliation. A man was spitting and screaming in front of my fathers face while talking to his peers at a very uncomfortable distance whilst my mother was stuffed into a corner afraid that someone with wrong intentions would ‘brush’ past her. I on the other hand was being repeatedly smacked on the back with a mans heavy bag, who once again was very uncomfortably close to me, invading my personal space. Upon asking this man to move away he kept on doing the same thing. When we pay for business class we expect premium treatment not to be locked in a cage and humiliated or get headaches from the sound of construction. Never in my life of traveling all over the world have I seen such an atrocity of an airlines. Never again. If it was possible to give this experience 0 stars I would have.

✅ Trip Verified | Worst flying and layover experience ever. I recently went to Cairo from Singapore (with a layover in Jeddah). The first flight (Singapore - Jeddah) was pretty okay, probably because we were less than 40 people. Once we landed in Jeddah, the nightmare began. Jeddah is probably the worst airport I have ever been to. Nobody can speak English. The Jeddah - Cairo flight was delayed. On TV, it was displayed that the boarding was taking place which was misleading. Once I was finally told that we could go (by another passenger who could speak both Arabic and English, the Saudia staff didn't help at all), we had to take a bus. We then arrived in front of the plane but we had to stay inside the bus for 20 minutes since the cleaning staff was still inside the plane. Once we landed in Cairo, it took about 1 hour to get the luggage. On the way back (from Cairo to Singapore via Jeddah), the flight experience was pretty terrible, especially on the Jeddah - Singapore part (via Kuala Lumpur). There was a lot of turbulence and kids were running, literally! The cabin staff didn't do anything at all to inform parents that the kids should remain seated. They didn't care at all. Once we finally landed in Singapore, I was told that my luggage had been lost along the way. I thought I was going to be the only one. We were only 18 people for the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore part. Out of the 18, I met 7 other people who did not get their baggage. They were coming from Paris, Istanbul and Cairo. I haven't heard from Saudia yet but I will never fly with them again.