Launch of Fly Crimson Sea
In a big milestone for Saudi Arabia’s tourism trade, Crimson Sea World (RSG) just lately celebrated the inaugural flight of Fly Crimson Sea, its subsidiary firm and the dominion’s first seaplane service. This launch aligns with RSG’s expansive imaginative and prescient to develop world-class, regenerative tourism locations, together with The Crimson Sea and Amaala.
Fly Crimson Sea has been established to whisk guests throughout waters to The Crimson Sea’s island resorts, such because the St. Regis Crimson Sea Resort and Nujuma, a Ritz Carlton Reserve property. It stands as a pioneering enterprise within the nation, designed to raise the journey expertise within the area.
“As a pilot myself, I used to be deeply invested within the efforts to construct Fly Crimson Sea. Our objective was to create an organization that might enable us to keep up excessive requirements throughout each visitor touchpoint, that might give us the platform to discover applied sciences to scale back the aviation trade’s carbon footprint, and which might prioritize giving expert, rewarding profession alternatives to the Saudi folks. Fly Crimson Sea achieves this on each degree,” stated John Pagano, Group CEO of Crimson Sea World.
The airline’s operations are managed by a group of aviation specialists, and it at the moment deploys a fleet of 4 Cessna Caravan 208 seaplanes. These plane function luxurious, boutique-style interiors. Because the vacation spot’s growth progresses, the fleet dimension will enhance, with plans to broaden to 9 seaplanes by 2028 and exceed 20 by 2030.
Every seaplane can comfortably accommodate a pilot and as much as six friends for journeys to water-based resorts, or as much as 9 passengers for scenic excursions spanning your entire vacation spot.
One among Fly Crimson Sea’s key distinguishing options is its dedication to sustainability. The corporate has adopted the usage of Sustainable Aviation Gasoline (SAF) for its seaplanes from the outset. Moreover, it’s actively exploring absolutely electrical seaplanes and collaborating with ZeroAvia to trial retrofitting Cessna Caravan Seaplanes with hydrogen-electric propulsion know-how.
In step with Saudi Arabia’s imaginative and prescient for nationwide expertise growth, Fly Crimson Sea has issued the primary Saudi seaplane captain’s license and employed the primary seaplane-specific engineers on the vacation spot. At Crimson Sea Worldwide Airport, which serves as Fly Crimson Sea’s homebase, a devoted seaplane runway runs parallel to the first terminal and can ultimately embody a devoted seaplane terminal.
The Crimson Sea vacation spot is ready to open its doorways to the primary friends this 12 months. Crimson Sea Worldwide Airport has been operational since receiving its first flights final month, and the primary two inns are actually accepting reservations. Upon full completion in 2030, the vacation spot will function 50 resorts, providing as much as 8,000 lodge rooms and greater than 1,000 residential properties throughout 22 islands and 6 inland websites. Moreover, it’s going to embrace luxurious marinas, golf programs, leisure, F&B, and leisure services. This bold undertaking guarantees to reshape the panorama of Saudi tourism and supply an distinctive expertise for vacationers from around the globe.
