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Saudi airlines to start domestic flights again

Saudi Arabia has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but is continuing with plans to reopen despite a significant number of new infections daily.
A Saudi Arabian Airlines passenger plane is pictured parked at the tarmac of Ninoy Aquino International airport in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines September 20, 2016.    REUTERS/Erik De Castro - S1BEUCJDTUAB

Airlines in Saudi Arabia will resume domestic flights next week after months of planes being grounded.

On May 31, some domestic flights will take off again; there will be 60 flights a day at first. Domestic travel, worship in mosques, and work in public and private sector offices will also resume on that date, Reuters reported today.

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