Manama 22nd January 2016 (WAM) -- Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed Bahraini Transportation and Telecommunications Minister signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sulaiman Al Hamdan President the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) during the Bahrain International Airshow 2016.

The MoU which aims at further strengthening the civil aviation links and cooperation between the two countries will enable the national carries of both countries to operate 107 flights per week in both directions which will have a positive impact on providing air transport services that meet the passenger requirements of both citizens and residents Saudi Press Agency SPA reported today.

According to the agreement Gulf Air will increase the number of flights to Jeddah to 28 flights per week with 4 flights daily and 35 flights to Riyadh with 5 flights daily in addition to 37 flights per week to Dammam and 7 flights a week to Medina. The terms of the agreement will also allow additional flights to be operated and will allow Gulf Air permission to operate flights to domestic airports including Jeddah and Riyadh.