Turki bin Muqrin Al Saud

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.
Turki bin Muqrin Al Saud
Born1973 (age 51–52)
Names
Turki bin Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseSaud
FatherMuqrin bin Abdulaziz
MotherAbta bint Hamoud Al Rashid

Turki bin Muqrin Al Saud (Arabic: تركي بن مقرن بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود; born 1973) is a pilot, businessman, the CEO of Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy (RWAA), and a member of the House of Saud, one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He also is the president of the Saudi Air Sports Federation.[1]

Early life

Prince Turki was born in 1973[2][3] to former Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz. He is a nephew of King Salman of Saudi Arabia and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz. [3][4] He is a brother of Mansour bin Muqrin and Fahd bin Muqrin.[2]

Career

Prince Turki is "a licensed helicopter and fixed wing pilot,"[5] and a board member of the Saudi Aviation Club.[6] Prince Turki is a founding shareholder of the Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company, holding 2% of the company.[7] Prince Turki founded and owns a real-estate company in Turkey.[4] Before Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy (RWAA), Prince Turki established aviation schools in the United Kingdom and Lebanon.[8] He is also one of the main shareholders of RWAA.[8]

On 27 May 2012, the Royal Jordanian Air Academy (RJAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy "to develop cooperation between the two academies and share experiences in the fields of aviation and aircraft maintenance."[9] The MoU was signed by Prince Turki and Director General of RJAA Captain Mohammed Khawaldeh.[9]

In a Saudi Gazette interview, Prince Turki gave the synopsis, "I have been flying since 1991 and started with helicopters in the UK. When I moved back to Saudi Arabia, I learned from many people that it is much easier to fly fixed wing here than helicopters, so I went to study fixed wing flying and got my licence. I now hold the US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) licence. Since I started flying in Saudi Arabia, I met many pilots and other people who would love to fly here, so I decided to start a flying school about two years ago."[8]

Prince Turki is chairman of the Saudi Development and Training Company.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Saudi Air Sports Federation, Sole Official Representative for Kingdom". Saudi Press Agency. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Family Directory Data Arabia.
  3. ^ a b "HRH Prince Turki bin Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Biography". Arab Royal Family. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Suudi kralın pilot yeğeni gayrımenkul için geldi (Pilot nephew of the Saudi king came for real-estate)". Milliyet (in Turkish). 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  5. ^ Street Eagles ride to meet Sky Eagles Archived 9 September 2012 at archive.today Saudi Gazette
  6. ^ "Members of Saudi Aviation Club Board of Directors Appointed". Jeddah: Saudi Press Agency. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Founding Shareholders". Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Taking to the sky in Rabigh". Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Jordan News Agency (Petra) -RJAA, Rabigh Wings Academy seal cooperation agreement". petra.gov.jo.
  10. ^ "Arabian Aerospace - SDT appoint Mark Kane as CEO". arabianaerospace.aero.