Air Arabia has announced it will soon offer direct flights from Sharjah, UAE to Taif, Saudi Arabia. The low-cost airline will launch the new route on June 2, 2012, and offer three round-trip flights per week.
Flights between Sharjah and Taif will be available on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Out-bound flights will depart Sharjah International Airport at 12:15pm, arriving at Taif Airport at 2:05pm. Return flights will depart Taif Airport at 2:45pm, arriving in Sharjah at 6:30pm.
Air Arabia will begin flights to Taif, Saudi Arabia
Air Arabia increases flights to Moscow
On Monday, January 9, 2012, low-cost carrier Air Arabia announced the expansion of services to Moscow from its hub in Sharjah.
The budget airline will increase service to five flights per week, an addition of two flights to the schedule first launched in October 2011. Direct flights to Moscow now operate on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Air Arabia named ‘best low cost carrier – international’ serving India
Air Arabia, a budget airline based in the UAE, was presented with the prestigious award for best low cost carrier – International at the Travel Agents Association of India Diamond Jubilee Celebration and TAAI Travel Award 2011 held at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai.
“We at Air Arabia are extremely elated to have won this award particularly for it coming from our fellow partner Travel Agents Association of India. This recognizes our efforts in offering the best while continuing to offer value for money to all our stakeholders”.
Air Arabia completed its six years of operations in India and currently operates flights from its hub in Sharjah to 13 Indian cities, which include Jaipur, Kochi, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa, Kozhikode, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Chennai.
Air Arabia to Start Direct Flights to Moscow and Yekaterinburg
Air Arabia will introduce direct service to Moscow and Yekaterinburg in Russia, beginning October 14 and 29 respectively. The two new Air Arabia destinations are the first in Russia. Moscow and Yekaterinburg will become the carrier’s fifth and sixth destination in CIS and Russian Federation and its 69th worldwide.
Air Arabia Egypt Launches Flights
Air Arabia ‘Egypt,’ an Alexandria-based Air Arabia Group company and Egypt’s new low cost carrier (LCC) held an official ceremony today in Cairo to mark the carrier’s launch. The event was attended by officials from Egypt and UAE along with members of public and trade sector.
Air Arabia Begins Flights to Bangalore, India
Air Arabia announced today that it will begin service to the Indian city of Bangalore on October 15. The flights will initially operate four times per week between Bangalore and Air Arabia’s hub in Sharjah, and then from October 29, flights will be daily. Flights to Bangalore will leave Sharjah at 22:50PM local time and [...]
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