nasair, Saudi Arabia's first budget carrier, announced on Tuesday that it has carried 1 million passengers since the service launch in February 2007. nasair officials marked the special occasion by offering Yasser Mohammed Al-Morshed one year free travel on all domestic and international routes. Al-Morshed, a 29 years old engineer, booked and paid his ticket online through www.flynas.com, to visit Sharjah for business purposes. “Today's celebration comes at a time when the company plans to launch new international destinations following the successful start of the Riyadh-Sharjah and Jeddah-Sharjah route last month”, said Taher Agueel, NAS president. “This is a major step in the company's expansion plan aiming to reach 10 million passengers by 2011, and I believe nasair will witness additional growth and extension in its international routes services operations, with the fleet expansion in place after the arrival of brand new Airbus and Embraer aircrafts,” he added. Earlier this month, the airline announced discounted prices of SR89 and SR119 on its Riyadh-Sharjah and Jeddah-Sharjah respectively, in addition to SR79 offer on all its domestic routes. Bookings are available through www.flynas.com nasair - a strategic business unit of the National Air Services “NAS” - is the first budget airline licensed to operate flights from Riyadh. nasair connects Riyadh with all other airports in the Kingdom with over 350 weekly flights. nasair plans to break 10 million passenger target by the fifth year of operation when fleet size is expected to include 19 aircraft. Riyadh based National Air Services (NAS) is the fastest growing aviation company in the Middle East with 50 aircraft under management including The Airbus A320 family, BBJ, Gulfstream, Falcon, Hawker-Beechcraft. NAS has an expanding service portfolio that includes: NetJets Middle East program, the pioneer provider of fractional ownership and lease of private aircrafts in the middle east; Aircraft Management Services; Al- Khayala, the Middle East first all-business class airliner serving the corporate traveler between Jeddah, Riyadh and Dubai; and nasair, Saudi Arabia's first budget carrier. __
