Facing economic risk from the Eurozone and US, oil price volatility, and regional political uncertainty, will Saudi Arabia continue to make foreign investors wary?
Sheikh Hamad was replaced as prime minister and foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle following the accession of 33-year-old Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as emir.
The airline plans to lease the Airbus A380 aircraft from a finance company that will issue $630 million of bond-type certificates to fund the purchase.