Flight route: RAK expands to Peshawar, Lahore
RAK Airways has expanded its route network with flights to Peshawar and Lahore in Pakistan.
PESHAWAR:
RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE, has expanded its route network with flights to Peshawar and Lahore in Pakistan. Effective November 2011, RAK Airways will offer two flights a week to Peshawar and Lahore.RAK Airways CEO Omar Jahameh said, “The addition of two new routes to our network is an extremely significant development for the airline as we celebrate our first anniversary”. The volume of foreign trade between the UAE and Pakistan amounted to $2.86 billion last year, at a growth rate of nine per cent. With flights to Lahore and Peshawar, passengers can capitalise on the latent opportunities for trade that exist between the two countries, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2011.
RAK Airways, a national carrier of the UAE, has expanded its route network with flights to Peshawar and Lahore in Pakistan. Effective November 2011, RAK Airways will offer two flights a week to Peshawar and Lahore.RAK Airways CEO Omar Jahameh said, “The addition of two new routes to our network is an extremely significant development for the airline as we celebrate our first anniversary”. The volume of foreign trade between the UAE and Pakistan amounted to $2.86 billion last year, at a growth rate of nine per cent. With flights to Lahore and Peshawar, passengers can capitalise on the latent opportunities for trade that exist between the two countries, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2011.