MenaJet, took to the skies Saturday when its maiden flight to Dalaman on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast took off from Beirut International Airport at 3 PM.
The debut chartered commercial flight, undertaken by MenaJet on behalf of Lebanese tour operator Nakhal, took off with a full payload of 155 passengers hours after the aircraft was received at Beirut International Airport by senior officials, representatives of MenaJet, and of its two principal shareholders, the Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank, Gulf Finance House B.S.C. and the Al Zamil Group on late Thursday evening.
Prior to the departure of MenaJet’s inaugural flight to Dalaman, Captain Riad Mohammed Mikaoui, Chief Executive Officer, MenaJet, who oversaw the new aircraft’s incoming flight to Beirut from Bordeaux in France, said: “MenaJet’s debut flight today marks the commencement of an exciting new chapter within the aviation sector in the region. MenaJet, which will initially focus on flying to high-density destinations in the region, will gradually expand its routes to cover other destinations as well”.(menareport.com)
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