RAK Airways has announced its strategic plan towards commercial expansion and acquiring new aircraft. RAK president Murabit Al Sawaf said the expansion plan is part of the airline’s endeavours to achieve the target of 40 destinations by 2015, of which five destinations will be announced shortly.

Travelport and RAK Airways, one of the flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates, have announced an enhanced new partnership to benefit Galileo and Worldspan-connected travel agents around the world. Building on the participation agreement signed at the end of last year, RAK Airways has upgraded its contract with the GDS operator to a global Full Content Agreement giving Travelport customers full access to the carrier’s inventory of flights and fares.

On the back of signing a new codeshare deal with Etihad Airways and announcing its first ever GDS participation agreement, RAK Airways chief executive officer, John Brayford, sits down with Breaking Travel News to discuss the United Arab Emirates-based carrier’s planned expansion.

UAE-based carrier RAK Airways will be expanding its route network to Bangladesh. Effective December 15, the airline will offer thrice-weekly flights to Dhaka and Chittagong respectively, according to a report in Travel Daily India.