A young airline born of sovereign ambition is drawing a new line across the sky between Riyadh and Manila, two cities whose peoples have long moved between worlds in search of work, learning, and belonging. Beginning September 9, Riyadh Air — barely three years old and backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth — will offer daily flights connecting the two capitals aboard wide-body Dreamliners, making the journey more direct than it has ever been. The route is less a commercial transaction than a signal: that the ties binding these two nations are deepening, and that the kingdom intends to be t