Iata chief sees scope for new Saudi Arabian airline amid Gulf’s mega-hubs – The National
- Date: 08-Dec-2022
- Source: The National
- Sector:Transport
- Country:Saudi Arabia
Iata chief sees scope for new Saudi Arabian airline amid Gulf’s mega-hubs – The National
The head of the International Air Transport Association has said he sees room for the planned new national airline in Saudi Arabia among the established travel mega-hubs in the UAE and Qatar, as Middle East carriers continue to recover from the pandemic.
“Do I see scope for a hub in Saudi? Yes,” Willie Walsh, Iata's director general, said at a media briefing in Geneva on Wednesday.
“There is scope for the geographic location of a new hub not in close proximity to Dubai and Doha. That is something that could work.”