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New airline in Saudi Arabia may take 3-6 months
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sandy
Dec 31, 2012, 4:54:04 AM12/31/12
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Foreign airlines may need about three to six months to obtain operating licences letting them enter Saudi Arabia’s domestic aviation market, a spokesman for the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Saturday.
GACA announced on Friday that Qatar Airways and Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air had become the first foreign airlines to obtain carrier licences under which they would be able to run local and international flights in the kingdom.
Fourteen foreign and local companies had applied for the licences, which mark a major reform of the aviation market in Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab economy and by far the largest country in the Gulf geographically.
Currently, only national carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines and budget airline National Air Services serve a domestic market of about 27 million people. Foreign carriers can only fly in and out of Saudi Arabia, not within the country.
GACA announced on Friday that Qatar Airways and Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air had become the first foreign airlines to obtain carrier licences under which they would be able to run local and international flights in the kingdom.
Fourteen foreign and local companies had applied for the licences, which mark a major reform of the aviation market in Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab economy and by far the largest country in the Gulf geographically.
Currently, only national carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines and budget airline National Air Services serve a domestic market of about 27 million people. Foreign carriers can only fly in and out of Saudi Arabia, not within the country.
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