JEDDAH, 31 December 2002 — An agreement reached between a Saudi delegation, led by Presidency of Civil Aviation Ali A.R. Khalaf, and an Indian delegation, led by Ministry of Civil Aviation Secretary K. Roy Paul, in Jeddah yesterday, envisages a total increase of 900 passengers per week by each other’s national carriers.
Saudi Arabian Airlines, which already operates to New Delhi, Bombay and Madras, will be flying additional 900 passengers per week to its new destination Cochin.
Air-India is increasing its flights to Riyadh by 50 percent, from six to nine per week, resulting in increase in capacity by 900 passengers per week.
“A-I, which regularly operates from Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah, will introduce increased frequencies from March 30,” Roy Paul told a press conference at the Consulate General of India. — K.S. Ramkumar
