Saudi-owned Nile Air to expand Gulf network

Saudi-owned Egyptian airline Nile Air has announced it is to expand its reach in the Gulf by launching flights to Kuwait, it was reported.

Nile Air will start operating a new twice weekly route between Alexandria and Kuwait from February 14, Emad Al-Sabti, head of flight schedules at the airline, told KUNA.

The Cairo-based airline was launched in 2007 at the Dubai Air Show, when it announced the purchase of nine Airbus aircraft worth US$792m.

It currently operates two leased aircraft and its route network includes flights between Cairo and Borg El Arab and the Saudi cities of Qassim, Tabuk and Jeddah.

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