{"id":101969,"date":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/10\/30\/air-carrier-airport-complaints-rise-in-september\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","slug":"air-carrier-airport-complaints-rise-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/10\/30\/air-carrier-airport-complaints-rise-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Air carrier, airport complaints rise in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>Air carrier complaints jumped 88% y-o-y in September to 2.4k<\/strong>, according to our calculations based on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ksagaca\/status\/1981012720427417839\/photo\/1\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> published by the General Authority of Civil Aviation on X. Airport complaints also increased 86% y-o-y to 147 during the month, up from 79.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Budget carrier <\/strong><strong>flyadeal<\/strong><strong> recorded the fewest complaints per 100k passengers in <\/strong><strong>September<\/strong>, receiving 38 complaints, followed by flynas with 43, and Saudia with 54. Flynas achieved a 100% on-time complaint resolution rate, while flyadeal resolved 98% of its complaints on time, followed by Saudia with a 90% on-time resolution rate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Among international airports serving over 6 mn passengers annually<\/strong>, King Khalid International Airport had the lowest complaint rate at 0.4 complaints per 100k passengers. 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