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Riyadh Air set for launching commercial flights to Heathrow

The airline reflects Saudi efforts to project an air of chic to travelers, unveiling its crew uniforms last year at a Paris fashion show

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Tony Douglas, chief executive officer of Riyadh Air

Riyadh Air is finally getting ready for takeoff, promising to run the first commercial passenger flights to London Heathrow in its snazzy blue aircraft before April next year.

Saudi Arabia’s new national airline, owned by the Public Investment...