Bahrain Air (Bahrain International) as well as UAE cargo carrier Falcon Express Cargo Airlines (Dubai International) and Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) parent HNA Group have applied for licenses to operate domestic passenger services in Saudi-Arabia according to a report by Reuters. Earlier, Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain International) and Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) had already publicly declared their interest in entering the so far highly regulated Saudi-Arabian market.