RAK Airways takes off

Dubai: RAK Airways, the Ras Al Khaimah-based airline, saw its first flight take off from the emirate last Saturday, 23 June, the CEO of RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA) and adviser to RAK's Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, Khater Massaad, said yesterday.
There will be regular charter flights between Turkey and RAK and perhaps other parts of the Mediterranean, to bring visitors to the emirate to stay for about one week, he said on the sidelines of an investor conference. Deals have been struck with tour operators in Turkey and the flights are to different parts of the country. For the next six months there will be five daily flights from the airport, he added.
From 1 October there will be scheduled flights to India, Pakistan, Egypt and Lebanon. "It will be a fully fledged airline with business class, etc," he stressed. He said he had no comment to make about projected passenger traffic for the airline.
26/06/07 Lucia Dore/Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2007