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Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has placed an order with Mammoth Freighters for seven current generation B777 converted freighters and will establish a conversion centre at Jeddah in cooperation with the American firm.

The Saudi flag carrier said initial conversions will be executed by Mammoth at its GDC Technics facility at Fort Worth Alliance airport. It did not disclose whether this would cover the entire batch of seven aircraft or just some of them. The deal also includes a further five purchase rights.

Saudia did not disclose whether it would add B777-200(LR)(MF)s or B777-300(ER)(MF)s. It provided no details about induction timelines, the aircraft's identity, or whether they would be sourced internally from the airline's fleet of passenger B777s. The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that Saudia operates thirty-five B777-300(ER)s.

The conversion centre at Jeddah airport will be run by the carrier's MRO arm, Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI), using Mammoth's Supplemental Type Certificate (STC).

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