Friday, July 3, 2009

New international flights begin landing at Salalah


New flights announced for the Khareef season by GCC countries have begun landing at Salalah airport, officials said. Its first direct flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabian Airlines’ special aircraft flew in tourists to Salalah. The airline is operating five flights a week between Riyadh and Salalah to catch in on the tourist rush from that country during Khareef. The airport also welcomed a group of journalists and tourists aboard Gulf Air’s first flight to Salalah this season from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Gulf Air has announced that it is operating three flights a week from Manama to Salalah. The flights will operate till mid September, officials said. Among other regional airlines, Jazeera Airways had started operating flights between Salalah Airport and Kuwait last month. The airline is operating two flights a week from Kuwait, in addition to Al Saeedah Airline, which was recently added to its flights programme between Aden and Salalah.

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