flydubai, Qatar Airways set to connect Al-Ahsa
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flydubai and Qatar Airways have been given the go ahead by Saudi authorities to operate flights from Al-Ahsa Airport in the Eastern Province.
“On the basis of an approval given by Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, president of General Authority of Civil Aviation, the two airlines will operate flights to and from Al-Ahsa,” said Khaled Al-Khaibary, a spokesman for the authority. Al-Khaibary said flydubai would start operation from the airport on 6 February with two weekly flights on Thursdays and Saturdays. The number of international passengers from domestic airports reached 1.6 million by the end of 2013.
“We have already now appointed a new CEO for the Saudi operations, and we are planning to launch Saudi operations anytime between the middle to third quarter of this year,” Al-Baker was quoted by Reuters.
Baker, speaking on the sidelines of the Bahrain International Airshow, said those issues had now been resolved, though he did not give details. “There is a compromise that has been accepted by the authorities regarding the price cap and the fuel price.”
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