François BouteillerSaudi national carrier nasair strengthens its presence inside the Kingdom by opening two new domestic destinations: Taif and Yanbu from Riyadh and Dammam, respectively, in addition to new international flights from Taif to Kuwait and from Dammam to Khartoum. The strategic move comes in response to the desire of many nasair customers in Saudi Arabia to strengthen the internal and regional presence. nasair announced its flights to Taif from Riyadh starting Feb. 18, 2013 with 3 flights weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The same to Yanbu from Dammam with 3 flights weekly. nasair Chief Executive Officer Captain François Bouteiller said: “These new routes and destinations in both Taif and Yanbu reflect nasair national strategy to meet our customers' needs, also the importance of the city of Taif as a futuristic hub of operation for nasair as it represents an important touristic hub, in addition to its geographical location as a gate to Makkah that serve both domestic and international pilgrims which will lead to expansion of nasair network across the inside Saudi Arabia and cross region”. He added “Taif new destination will not only serve nasair local customers, but it will also serve nasair customers in Kuwait with 3 flights weekly between Taif and Kuwait starting on Feb. 18, 2013.” Capt. François added that nasair, since its launch in February 2007, has transported more than 10 million passengers and is a pioneering ‘Smart Airline' thanks to its on time performance, competitive fares, and unique services affordable to passengers through more than 640 weekly flights covering 28 destinations both within and outside Saudi Arabia. — SG
