The New Capital’s mostly dormant Capital International Airport launched its first regular international flight service on Sunday, marking a step toward becoming a fully functioning airport, Bloomberg reports. But for readers of EnterpriseAM — and the foreign investors that flock to Bloomberg — one big takeaway is that the desert megaproject seems to be making progress in fixing the connectivity concerns that have put off corporate and embassy relocations to the country’s new administrative center.

The news itself isn’t massive, but what’s to come could be. After mainly welcoming government delegations and the occasional seasonal pilot flight — excuse the pun — state-owned carrier Air Cairo, in a logical first step, now operates six weekly flights to Jeddah, according to the Civil Aviation Ministry statement that announced the news. If this first regular international route goes well and proves commercially viable, other airlines may follow.

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