Saudia sells its B747-8Fs

Saudia has sold its two B747-8Fs to Tianjin-based CIB Leasing, which will lease the duo to AirBridgeCargo. Both are now being prepared at Jeddah for delivery and have been spotted in basic Saudia-livery without titles and logos.

HZ-AI3 (37562) has been registered M-ABOV and HZ-AI4 (37563) M-ABOW. The two Jumbo-freighters have been delivered to Saudia in March and June 2013. Both were, however, retired after six years of flying in December 2019 and put into storage at Jeddah. The airline withdrew the type from service as keeping a seperate B747-pilot and maintenance crews was too costly.

Photo by Anton Homma.