Introduction The Airline industry in Saudi Arabia is one of the largest business industries in the Middle East. It contributes 1.8% to the total GDP of the country. According to Oxford Economics (2011), air transport business in Saudi Arabia creates three different types of economic benefits for any country i.e. contributes to GDP, creates jobs and subsidizes towards tax revenues and develops a strong supply chain network for the country. In support of this claim, Mishra (2013) contends that Saudi Arabian Airlines have contributed in all these ways for the economy of the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia (KSA). Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) started operations as a national carrier of KSA since 1945 (PWC 2017). In the following six decades, it became the largest in the business across the world. The reports in 2017 still name SV as the fastest expanding airlines despite the social and political pressure in the region (Gulliver 2017). The purpose of this report, therefore, is to shed light on the reasons of the success of this airline service by paying special attention to the airline/airport relationship and the role this has played in helping SV gain a competitive edge in the airline industry. The second section of the report presents the financial analysis of the SV and building on from this analysis suggests future perspectives for KSA. Section I Airport/Airline Relationship According to Oxford (2015), airports are divided into airside and landside. Airside includes all the areas like taxiways, ramps and runways accessible to aircraft; whereas the landside includes stations, roads, and ability to handle cargo, parking lots and access to railway stations. The airside and landside of the SV are discussed below. Airside bases of Saudi Arabian Airlines The main operations of SV take place from the Jeddah’s King Abdul Aziz (JED) Airport. Its secondary hubs are at Dammam-King Fahd International Airport (DMM) and Riyadh-King Khalid (RUH) airport. The Dammam Airport was opened in 1999 for the commercial usage. SV is the largest airline in the Middle East in terms of revenue and passengers. SV used to occupy a lower position as compared to Emirates and Qatar Airways, but in the recent years, it has jumped a position up. The detailed financial analysis on the subject has been carried out in the second section. SV operates international and domestically scheduled flights to about 120 destinations in the world, including Asia, Africa, Middle East, North America and Europe. Saudi Arabia has joined the Skyteam airlines alliance since the year of 2012 and since then, it is recognized under the banner of this alliance (PWC 2017). Gulliver (2017) reveals that in the recent year, this Skyteam carrier has been serving 81 airports across 36 countries. Recently services to Indonesia, Munich (Germany) and Ankara (Turkey) have been added to the airside fleet services of the airline. The airline has further two business subsidies which are cargo and catering. Below the growth, capacity and strength of the major airport bases of SV have been discussed. King Abul-Aziz Airport in Jeddah: The Jeddah International airport, following a contract with Saudi Bin-Laden Group, is investing $7.21