RAK Airways is the national airline of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven states in the United Arab Emirates.[1] The airline has relaunched operations in 2010 under a new livery and new management.[2]
[edit] History
RAK Airways was founded in 2006 and launched operations early in 2007 with two Boeing 757-200 aircraft. Boeing and RAK Airways signed a 1.6 billion dirham deal for four 737-800s, with further purchase rights with the first aircraft available to be taken on delivery in 2011.[2]
The carrier was hard hit during the Financial crisis of 2007-2010, and so they closed operations in 2009. In 2010, the airline announced that it will be resuming operations with a "value-for-money" business model, aiming to position itself between full-service and low-cost carriers.[3] RAK Airways is the first Middle Eastern airline to actively use social media to engage with its passengers, via mediums such as Twitter and Facebook.[citation needed] In February 2011 it was revealed that RAK Airways was planning on launching flights between five and nine new destinations. Though they confirmed that as it was difficult securing slots at several of the destinations due to rival carriers of the United Arab Emirates. For this reason, they revealed that they were in the final stages of finalizing a code-sharing agreement with an Asian carrier. Along with this they will also increase the fleet. They further more confirmed that they believe they will break-even before the end of the year.
[edit] Destinations
RAK Airways currently serves the following at October 2011: [4]
- Bangladesh
- Egypt
- India
- Kuwait
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
The airline is also currently doing charter flights to Germany and Austria. [9]
As of November 2010, the RAK Airways fleet includes the following aircraft with an average age of 13.3 years:[citation needed]
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