THE inaugural Transavia flight, bound for Kathmandu, will land at Sharjah Airport on Saturday at 5.45 am.

Transavia, a Netherlands airline flight will take off from Amsterdam, Holland, with about 26 VIPs on board including chairman of Heniken, senior officials of the airline and some foreign diplomats.

The flight will have a stopover in Sharjah while operating Amsterdam-Kathmandu sector.

It is a part of Sharjah airport's open sky policy. At present, the

airport authority is negotiating with a number of other foreign carriers to launch their operation from Sharjah and to include the airport among their major destinations.

The VIPs on inaugural flight will be received at Sharjah International Airport by Director General Sharjah Civil Aviation Authority Mohammed Al Hajri, Sharjah Airport Director Marketing and Research Jamal A.Akram and other senior civil aviation and airport officials.