With a population of eight million people, the UAE is already well served by its three main airlines. But now the country is launching a fourth. RAK Airways will operate from Ras Al Khaimah’s small airport north of Dubai and will take on neighbouring, much larger, more established airlines.
So why launch now – and can it ever compete in such a crowded market? BBC Middle East Business Reporter, Philip Hampsheir. went along to the airline launch to ask.
Philip Hampsheir, BBC Middle East Business interviews:
Sheikh omar Bin Saqr Al Oassimi, Chairman, RAK Airways
RolandBlaney, Chief Executive, Ras Al Khaimah International Airport
Susan Fenton, Transport Editor, MEED
RAK Airways www.rakairways.com
Ras Al Khaimah www.rasalkhaimah.eu
Ras Al Khaimah on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ras-Al-Khaimah/144183095614615
