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‘The Saudi project has gained the most
traction to date, he confirmed, wth plans 10
base natrow.bodies inthe kingdom forflghtsto
“Turkey and the Commonwealth of Independent
States (C19),
‘That would inject yet more competition into a
market that has already ballooned from two
local sirtnes in 2015 five this year ~all part of
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s
privatisation programme.
"We want tobe pat of tha,” Arsan affirmed,
"We see that there is a huge opportunity over
there.”
Tloweves,even as AtlasGlobal broadens its
gaze o overseas investments, he admitted that
‘none ofthe ventures wlllaunch before the taro
‘of the decade. “It takes toomuch time,” he
shrugged. “And because of the last two years’
csi in Turkey, weare really focused on our
‘current operation.”
‘That was a reference the wave of unrest —
‘comprising terror attacks, a failed military coup
‘enda bilateral fallout with Russia ~ that