JEDDAH: Saudi Arabian Airlines has won the release of a jetliner that was seized in Paris last week in a dispute with a leasing company, said Khaled Al-Mulhim, the airline’s director general.
The Boeing 777-200 returned to the Kingdom yesterday morning after being held at Charles de Gaulle airport since Friday under court orders. The seizure followed a financial dispute between Saudia and Saint Nazaire-based Eagle Aviation.
Al-Mulhim said the seizure was “arbitrary and illegal.”
“We are trying our best to settle the dispute once and for all,” he said, adding that the Saudi judiciary would be the reference for settlement.
