In 2012 Price Nayef became the second crown prince, after Prince Sultan, to die before ascending to the throne in which country?
Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport after a royal decree by King Abdullah on 5 July 2012 in memory of former Crown Prince Nayef. Prince Sultan, then crown prince and minister of defense and aviation, launched an expansion project of the royal terminal at the airport in 2003. GACA has spent more than SR300 million on expansion projects since 1964 and the airport continues to undergo further expansion as it consolidates its position as a main aviation hub in Saudi Arabia's central region. On 28 May 2005, three military helicopters parked in the airport caught fire, also damaging the buildings next
Succession to the Saudi Arabian throne on his 81st birthday, whereupon Prince Sultan was automatically promoted to the position of crown prince. Most other surviving sons of Ibn Saud were elderly and bypassed. Crown Prince Sultan convinced the King to appoint the next Suderi, Nayef, to the Second deputy spot. In 2011-12, both Sultan and Nayef died within months of each other, and a fourth Suderi brother, Salman, became crown prince on 18 June 2012. With the advancing ages of the sons of Ibn Saud (all are in their 70s and 80s), King Abdullah created the Allegiance Council to address the shrinking number of candidates for