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Gulf Air, Qatar Airways to launch domestic flights in Saudi Arabia

18 Apr 2013

(MENAFN) Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that by the end of 2013, both Bahrain’s Gulf Air and Qatar Airways will launch domestic flights in the Kingdom, reported Arabian Business.

The commencement of operations will help meet growing demand for domestic air travel in the biggest Arab economy.

At the current time, national carrier Saudi Airlines and budget carrier National Air Services (NAS) are the only airlines that provide domestic flights in Saudi Arabia.

It is worth noting that the number of passengers passing though the country’s 27 airports exceeded 54 million in 2012, according to GACA.

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