Air bridge trips transporting UAE nationals home from Thailand surged to five

Dubai, Dec 3, 2008 (WAM) - A number of Air bridge trips transporting the UAE nationals home from Thailand surged from three to five trips. The move is in line with the instructions from President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Earlier three planes arrived in the UAE carrying 654 UAE national elderly people and sick. The fourth plane will arrive at the Dubai International Airport at dawn on Wednesday, while the fifth plane will arrive on Thursday. An official source at the UAE Foreign Ministry, said the team set up to follow the transport of the UAE nationals home from Thailand under chairmanship of Sultan Al Aryani, undersecretary of the ministry, continues efforts in this respect. – Emirates News Agency, WAM