By John Lee. Saudi air carrier flynas has launched its first direct flight between Dammam and Al Najaf on Saturday. An inaugural ceremony was held at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam, attended by HE Iraq ambassador to Saudi Arabia and representatives from flynas, the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council, the Saudi General Authority of Civil […]
By John Lee. Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas has announced that it will resume its direct flights to Iraq. Starting on Friday 1st September, the company will operate three direct flights every week between Jeddah to Baghdad. Flynas, formerly called Nas Air, was founded in Riyadh in 2007. (Source: Flynas)
By John Lee. Saudi Arabia and Iraq are to discuss the opening a border crossing between the countries for the first time in 27 years. On Tuesday, the Saudi Council of Ministers authorised the minister of finance to work with Iraq to draft an agreement on the re-opening of the Arar border post, which has […]
By John Lee. Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas is reported to be planning to start services to several Iraqi cities in the coming weeks. If the plan goes ahead, it would be the first service between the two countries since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. (Source: Middle East Eye)
