[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":137},["ShallowReactive",2],{"work-riyadh-air":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"alsoRead":6,"body":24,"client":5,"description":70,"extension":71,"facts":72,"highlights":98,"inShort":115,"locked":116,"meta":117,"navigation":116,"next":118,"outcomes":119,"partners":120,"path":129,"readMinutes":130,"ready":116,"seo":131,"slides":132,"status":95,"stem":133,"tagline":134,"updated":135,"__hash__":136},"work\u002Fwork\u002Friyadh-air.md","Riyadh Air",[7,11,16,20],{"title":8,"publisher":9,"url":10},"Designing an AI-native airline from the ground up","IBM case study","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fcase-studies\u002Friyadh-air",{"title":12,"publisher":13,"date":14,"url":15},"Riyadh Air and IBM partner to launch world's first AI-native airline","IBM Newsroom","2025-12-08","https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.ibm.com\u002F2025-12-08-riyadh-air-and-ibm-partner-to-launch-worlds-first-ai-native-airline",{"title":17,"publisher":13,"date":18,"url":19},"Riyadh Air and IBM to build AI-driven enterprise, to elevate guest and employee experiences","2025-02-25","https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.ibm.com\u002F2025-02-25-riyadh-air-and-ibm-to-build-ai-driven-enterprise,-to-elevate-guest-and-employee-experiences",{"title":21,"publisher":13,"date":22,"url":23},"Riyadh Air and IBM sign collaboration agreement to establish technology foundation of the digitally led airline","2023-11-06","https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.ibm.com\u002F2023-11-06-Riyadh-Air-and-IBM-Sign-Collaboration-Agreement-to-Establish-Technology-Foundation-of-the-Digitally-Led-Airline",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":63},"minimark",[27,32,36,39,43,46,49],[28,29,31],"h2",{"id":30},"what-did-i-do-at-riyadh-air","What did I do at Riyadh Air?",[33,34,35],"p",{},"I joined the guest app team in September 2024 as a product designer, working on screens. 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