Saudi Arabia: King Salman opens airport


Issue 997 - 17 Jul 2015 | 1 minute read

King Salman Bin Abdelaziz opened the new Prince Mohammed Bin Abdelaziz international airport in Medina on 2 July. He was welcomed at the venue by his son, Medina governor Prince Faisal Bin Salman, as well as the head of the General Commission of Civil Aviation, Suleiman Bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan. He toured the airport, whose capacity is 8m passengers a year (due to rise to 18m in the second phase and 40m in the third).

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