Saudi Arabia: Neom airport first phase opens as mega-projects progress

Neom Bay Airport began receiving passenger flights on 30 June having received a commercial airport licence. The newly-built facility is the first phase of development for the modernistic airport, slated as the centre of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s grandiose plans for an international tourism and business hub in the northwest of the kingdom. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the airport was registered by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) with the symbol NUM.