Taif airport to handle international flights after upgrade

04/05/2015 Argaam

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation has given the green light to upgrade plans that will ​allow Taif airport ​to host international ​flights, the state news agency​ said​.

 

The airport began hosting regional flights from the kingdom and other Middle Eastern airlines three years ago, and received as many as 437,000 travelers last year, according data available on Argaam. 

 

It currently handles around 45 flights a week operated by nine airlines traveling ​only ​to ​domestic and regional ​destinations​ in Saudi, the​​ United ​Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt​,​ and Turkey.

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