Reporting from the AME Info
RAK Airways gears for lift off
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 31 - 2007 at 13:53
RAK Airways is waiting for an air operating certificate that would allow it to launch flights by mid-April 2007, Emirates Today reported. The airline will spend $150m leasing aircraft and upgrading the local airport. It has leased two Boeing 757s but has not yet revealed its launch destination. The carrier has applied for landing rights in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, the CIS and Gulf countries.