Almotamar.net,Saba - Prime Minister Ali Mujawar launched Saturday the low-cost domestic carrier Felix Airways' first flight from Sana'a to Aden.

The Premier expressed, in a press conference held in Aden after landing the plane, his satisfaction of launching the Felix Airways, noting that this company would open wide horizons assisting flowing of investments and facilitate the investors and citizens' transportation among governorates.

The Felix Airways is a fruit of Conference on Exploring Investment Opportunities, Mujawar said, voicing hid appreciation to the Saudi investors, who have 75 per cent of the company's capital.

In return, the chairman of the company's board of directors Saleh al-Awaji expressed his thanks to government's direct support for this project.

He highlighted that good investment environment in the country that needs media propaganda. "Press has to play its key role in encouraging investments", al-Awaji said.

The executive director of the Felix Airways Mohammed al-Arashah said the company's fleet would be eight Canadian Bombardier 74-passenger planes by the end of August of 2009, four of which the company would receive till the end of this December.

Saba