09 Oct 2025 18:44:41
Riyadh Air begin their operations with flights to London Heathrow on 26th October. Some have speculated that they will be our FOS sponsors. If that is so, presumably there will be an announcement soon. Alternatively, the commercial department have screwed things up and that is why someone got the heave ho. Let's hope it's the former.
09 Oct 2025 19:19:03
Fingers crossed it’s also the amount being rumoured as well, although £65m per season seems high to me.
10 Oct 2025 11:26:43
Can only hope it happens. Do either of you know where the rumour/ leak came from about Riyadh Air being out potential FOS and therefore how reliable the info might be?
10 Oct 2025 13:40:37
JBS, from the general press including Matt Law who is usually pretty good with all things Chelsea. I also seem to remember Ormstein mentioning it.
11 Oct 2025 10:13:27
Thanks Tom. Matt Law porbably is more reliable than most and if also mentioned by Ornstein there's a good change it's true. I am sure ED002 - still much missed of course - would have known as he seemed to have top notch inside track info on almost all things CFC and especiallt financial matters. Don't know if any of the others Eds have any info here?
12 Oct 2025 13:03:00
Hope your all correct in the FOS however with just two weeks away you would think more detail would have leaked out by now, let's how it's Ridyah flying with our logo and not pigs flying.
12 Oct 2025 16:58:03
From What I gather and this is only media reports. There launch date has been delayed several times already because the airline is awaiting delivery of Dreamliner’s. ✈️?️
I personally wouldn’t have a clue how true all these rumours are but I hope they turn into fact.
I would not a massive fan of a restrictive naming rights deal if one existed.
13 Oct 2025 10:13:07
It's officially announced, Rudyard are pur new sponsors over £40mil per seasonal.