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Aviation management

4–5 years
You study
Airport management, Airline operations
Jobs
Airport operations supervisor
Average for the business field · Age 25–29
8,200SAR

Average monthly pay in the business field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)1; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.

Where is Aviation management taught?

Taught at 1 university: 0 government and 1 private.

Riyadh

From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform2. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.

What do Aviation management students learn?

How airports and airlines operate, including passenger services and air cargo.

  • Airport management
  • Airline operations
  • Passenger services
  • Aviation safety

In Arabic: إدارة الطيران

How many years is Aviation management?

4–5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.

What jobs do Aviation management graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Airport operations supervisor
  • Passenger services agent
  • Flight coordinator
  • Air cargo specialist

Airport work on shifts, including nights and weekends.

  • Mixed
  • Shifts and nights often
  • Moderate physical effort
  • Some travel

What do Aviation management graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Business, administration and law” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)1.

Age 25–298,200 SAR
Age 35–4414,200 SAR

What is unemployment in the business field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)1:

  • 20211442–1443 AH14.1%
  • 20221443–1444 AH12.4%
  • 20231444–1445 AH9.3%
  • 20241445–1446 AH8.5%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Official decisions and signals

  • Target: 330 million air passengers and a top-10 world ranking in logistics by 2030. in force since December 2030 (Sha'ban – Ramadan 1452 AH) (announced target)3

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References

  1. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Business, administration and law”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  2. Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  3. Saudi Vision 2030, 19 June 2026 (4 Muharram 1448 AH).