Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) has signed agreements with Kurban Tours (Grayline UAE) and FTI Group to welcome the first of many chartered flights from Germany and Poland to the emirate.
The two charter agreements bring a total of eight additional flights into the emirate each week, seven from Germany and one from Poland. The partnership with the FTI Group, and local ground agent Meeting Point Emirates, bring seven flights a week into Ras Al Khaimah from seven German cities - Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hanover, Dresden and Leipzig. Operated by Sun Express, the direct flights, which will be on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, have a capacity of 189 seats with a flight time of 6.5 hours. One charter flight per week commence in November and will run for an initial period of six months from Katowice, Poland to Ras Al Khaimah.