Doppelmayr has just been awarded the contract for a new 8-passenger gondola to be built in the city of Taif, 60 km south-east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.


The contract for the new ropeway was signed on April 10th, 2000 by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulmajeed Ben Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Completion of the ropeway is envisaged for March 2001.