February 14, 2019
Sharjah-based Air Arabia a leading low-cost carrier has reported a net profit of Dh26 million ( 7 million) for the fourth quarter of 2018 in line with the strong net profit recorded in the same period... View more
January 17, 2019
Air Arabia Egypt has launched a direct flight from Sohag to Saudi Arabia s capital city Riyadh. Roundtrip flights will operate twice a week between Sohag International Airport and King Khalid Internat... View more
January 13, 2019
Air Arabia Egypt has started new direct flights connecting Sharm El Sheikh to Amman the capital city of Jordan. The one-hour flight operates twice a week every Sunday and Wednesday. Return flights dep... View more
January 9, 2019
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has announced plans to introduce a new route to Serbia s capital city Belgrade direct from Sharjah UAE. Air Arabia s inaugural fl... View more
December 25, 2018
A representative of the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) was appointed as chairman to the GCC States Air Navigation Committee in a unanimous vote during the 13th meeting of the Air Nav... View more
November 28, 2018
Air Arabia the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Mena region has launched a range of packages across popular tourist destinations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia in the occasion of... View more
November 15, 2018
Budget carrier Air Arabia has selected Thales for its new Aviobook Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system that allows pilots to operate efficiently in the cockpit with digital manuals and charts. The sign... View more
November 13, 2018
Sharjah-based Air Arabia posted a 17 per cent drop in net profits for the first nine months of 2018 despite an increase in turnover to Dh3 billion ( 816.6 million). The airline s net profit for the pe... View more
October 15, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has announced the launch of a non-stop service to the city of Sulaymaniyah in the north of Iraq. The new service from the carrier... View more
September 25, 2018
Budget carrier Air Arabia will be introducing a new flight to Kabul the capital city of Afghanistan direct from Sharjah UAE next month. Air Arabia s introductory flight to the city will commence on Oc... View more
August 19, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has signed an agreement with SAP a global market leader in enterprise application software - for a new cloud-based Human Resource... View more
August 13, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has announced plans to introduce a new European destination Prague Czech Republic direct from Sharjah UAE. Air Arabia s inaugural... View more
August 1, 2018
Air Arabia has rolled out a new vibrant and creative flight safety video across its 53-strong fleet featuring people from multiple cultures and ethnicities performing safety instructions. The video wa... View more
July 3, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has taken delivery of two new Airbus A320 aircraft bringing its total operating fleet to 53 aircraft. The latest Airbus A320 arri... View more
June 20, 2018
Sharjah-based lowcost carrier Air Arabia swung between gains and losses after the airline disclosed exposure to funds managed by Abraaj Group the Dubai-based private equity firm that s battling credit... View more
June 1, 2018
Air Arabia Egypt has commenced direct flights between Egypt and Italy serving Milan twice a week from its hub in Alexandria Egypt. Milan is a metropolis in northern Italy s Lombardy region considered ... View more
May 10, 2018
The civil aviation authorities in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) including among several items increasing flights to some Saudi cities a report said. A... View more
May 10, 2018
Leading low-cost carrier Air Arabia has reported a strong Q1 net profit of Dh110 million (29.9 million) an increase of 8 per cent compared to the corresponding 2017 figure. In the same period the airl... View more
May 9, 2018
Low-cost carrier Air Arabia Egypt has commenced direct flights between Egypt and Italy; serving Milan twice a week from its hub in Alexandria Egypt. The inaugural flight E5103 landed in Milan Bergamo ... View more
April 18, 2018
City Centre Sharjah and City Centre Ajman have collaborated with Air Arabia the Middle East and Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier to give shoppers an opportunity to win 120 tickets to a dest... View more
April 11, 2018
As part of its route expansion strategy AirArabia Egypt has launched a new route linking Sohag to Kuwait. The new flights operate three times a week on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays departing from... View more
April 10, 2018
Flight bookings in Saudi Arabia grew 14 per cent in 2017 revealed Cleartrip - a leading mobile and online travel company in the Middle East - in its 2017 Travel Insights Report. The report which deriv... View more
March 29, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier has received the Corporate Editor Choice Award at the 2018 Air Transport Awards organised by Air Transport News in Dubai. The acc... View more
March 22, 2018
Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air is adding new routes for the summer with direct flights to be launched to two new cities each in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in June. The carrier will fly direct to the Eg... View more
March 19, 2018
Air Arabia Egypt has announced the launch of a new route linking Sohag to Jeddah Saudi Arabia starting March 20. The 1 hour 20 minute flight which will be the airline s seventh new route being announc... View more
March 14, 2018
Sharjah-based budget carrier Air Arabia said its board has given approval for the distribution of a cash dividend of 10 per cent of the company s share capital to the investors. The board s decision c... View more
March 10, 2018
Air Arabia has unveiled plans to order 100 narrow-body planes at list prices before the end of the year a deal estimated to be valued at 11 billion said a report. Air Arabia currently operates a fleet... View more
February 11, 2018
Sharjah-based budget carrier Air Arabia said it has once again delivered high levels of profitability and growth across the breadth of its operations for 2017 clocking a net profit of Dh662 million ( ... View more
February 3, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) has announced the launch of its inaugural flight to Moscow s Sheremetyevo International Airport adding a second r... View more
February 1, 2018
TTN has reported in the past about Azerbaijan focusing on drawing inbound tourists from the Middle East with special focus on the GCC countries. That plan will get more traction with Air Arabia the Mi... View more
January 21, 2018
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier announced that from June 27 it will become the first airline to connect the UAE and the Turkish city of Izmir with a di... View more
January 21, 2018
Air Arabia Egypt will commence direct flights to Italy starting from May 4 serving Milan twice a week from its hub in Alexandria Egypt. The flight will operate on Fridays and Sundays under two differe... View more
January 4, 2018
Sharjah-based Air Arabia a leading low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa region has appointed Andrew Littledale as its new chief financial officer. He replaces Paul Suckling who announc... View more
December 20, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced that it will launch a new seasonal route to Bodrum in Turkey commencing from June 13 2018. The flight wil... View more
December 18, 2017
UAE-based budget airline Air Arabia is set to launch flights to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Russia from its hub in Sharjah starting from February 1. This is the second airport Air Arabia ser... View more
December 15, 2017
Zulekha Healthcare Group and Air Arabia have joined hands alongside Sharjah Tourism Authority to fund an all-expenses paid holiday to the UAE for two children and their families from India. The two ch... View more
December 10, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has been conferred the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Aviation Achievement Awards at this year s Aviation Annual ... View more
December 7, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced that Asmara will become its first destination in Eritrea starting from December 10. Situated in the Horn ... View more
November 13, 2017
Air Arabia a leading low-cost carrier (LCC) in Mena has signed a lease agreement for six Airbus A321neo Long Range aircraft with the Los Angeles based Air Lease Corporation (ALC). These additional air... View more
November 5, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier registered a net profit of Dh376 million ( 102.3 million) for the third quarter an increase of 27 per cent compared to the Dh297 ... View more
October 7, 2017
Sharjah-based Air Arabia a leading low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has further strengthened its operations in Dubai with the opening of a new sales office and city t... View more
August 7, 2017
Sharjah-based Air Arabia has registered a net profit of Dh158 million ( 43 million) for the second quarter - an increase of 21 per cent compared to Dh131 million ( 35.6 million) reported for the same ... View more
August 2, 2017
Air Arabia has been selected as the preferred medical tourism partner for Zulekha Healthcare Group s India-based hospital Alexis Multispeciality Hospital. The collaboration was marked with the launch ... View more
July 10, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) launched its inaugural flight to Sohar in Oman yesterday making it the first international flight to the Sohar airport. The... View more
July 5, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) has launched its inaugural flight to Trabzon - its latest Turkish destination. The new seasonal and direct servic... View more
July 2, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced that starting July 9 Sohar will become the third destination to join its Oman network. The new route comp... View more
June 7, 2017
Air Arabia s flights to Armenia are fast filling up as the destination has become popular for GCC families especially Indian citizens living in the Gulf thanks to the latest visa-on-arrival policy tha... View more
April 25, 2017
Sheraa - a launch pad for aspiring entrepreneurs in the UAE - is expanding the portfolio of industries tapped by its growing community of budding entrepreneurs by collaborating with Air Arabia to laun... View more
March 26, 2017
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced Trabzon as its latest Turkish destination to enter its route network starting June 23. The new seasonal n... View more
November 25, 2016
Sharjah-based Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s (Mena) first and largest low-cost carrier has confirmed options for five additional Airbus A320 aircraft said a report. The delivery of orig... View more
November 23, 2016
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has confirmed options for five additional Airbus A320 aircraft. The delivery of original contract covering 44 firm orde... View more
November 10, 2016
Egypt-based Travco Group International has sold 50 per cent of its stakes in Air Arabia Egypt a senior official has announced. Hamed El Chiaty chairman of the group said: We leave the airline industry... View more
November 1, 2016
Adel Al Ali group chief executive officer of Air Arabia has won the Airline CEO of the Year award at the 10th CEO Middle East Awards 2016. Al Ali who was instrumental in overseeing the launch of the f... View more
October 25, 2016
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier was named Low Cost Airline of the Year at the Aviation Business Awards 2016 one of the leading awards programmes for th... View more
May 1, 2015
Air Arabia is to launch flights to the city of Multan in Pakistan this May. Located on the banks of the Chenab River Multan is home to more than three million people and is Pakistan s fifth largest ci... View more
February 23, 2015
LOW cost carrier Air Arabia reported a record net profit of Dh566 million ( 154 million) for 2014 up 30 per cent compared to the same period in 2013. This is despite a 28 per cent drop in net profit f... View more
January 25, 2015
AIR ARABIA will create history this month when it becomes the first low-cost airline from the Middle East and Africa to enter the Chinese market. Starting on February 10 the carrier will fly regular n... View more
November 24, 2014
AIR ARABIA the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa has announced its financial results for the first nine months ending September 30 2014 as the success of the... View more
March 27, 2014
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced the launch of regular non-stop services to Shymkent Kazakhstan. With the addition of Shymkent Air Arabia ... View more
February 24, 2014
AIR Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s leading low-cost carrier has strengthened connectivity with Egypt with the launch of non-stop services to Cairo the capital city. The new service marks Ai... View more
February 24, 2014
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31 2013 as the company once again deliv... View more
November 21, 2013
AIR Arabia the first low-cost carrier in the region is celebrating 10 years of successful operations this year and also marking the completion of a decade of low-cost aviation in the Middle East and N... View more
August 27, 2013
AIR Arabia s net profit for the first half 2013 stood at Dh134 million an increase of 17 per cent compared to Dh115 million ( 31.31 million) for the first six months of last year the company announced... View more
March 25, 2013
AIR ARABIA announced that it has taken delivery of its second Sharklet equipped Airbus A320 aircraft in 2013. This new delivery also coincides with the 26th anniversary of the Airbus A320 aircraft. Sh... View more
March 17, 2013
Air Arabia the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa reported that it carried a record 5 301 484 passengers in 2012 a 13 per cent growth compared to the previous... View more
February 24, 2013
UAE budget carrier Air Arabia reported a six per cent rise in fourth quarter net profit helped by a rise in passenger numbers but still short of forecasts. Air Arabia earned a net profit of Dh83 milli... View more
November 27, 2012
AIR ARABIA Group announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2012 demonstrating its ability to deliver strong profits quarter after quarter. For the three months ending September 30 2012 ... View more
August 26, 2012
AIR ARABIA the largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa posted a net profit of Dh66 million ( 18 million) for the three months ending June 30 2012. The figure was an increase of 31... View more
August 26, 2012
Air Arabia has expanded its services to the Indian capital New Delhi from the carrier s primary hub in Sharjah UAE. The airline now offers twice-daily flights to the Indian city making it easier and m... View more
July 24, 2012
AIR Arabia announced that it has welcomed 1.3 million passengers in the second quarter of 2012 an increase of over 15 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2011. In June 2012 alone the airl... View more
July 24, 2012
Air Arabia flew a record number of passengers in July as almost half a million escaped the summer heat to fly to one of the airline s destinations. Statistics show that the airline carried a total of ... View more
April 23, 2012
FOLLOWING the conclusion of Air Arabia s Annual General Meeting (AGM) the distribution of a six per cent cash dividend was approved. During the AGM the assembly approved the report of the company s au... View more
April 23, 2012
Air Arabia announced its financial results for the three months ending March 31 2012 at Dh49.2 million ( 13.3 million) an increase of 11 per cent compared to Dh44.2 million ( 12 million) in the corres... View more
March 25, 2012
Air Arabia the region s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa announced that it carried some 4.7 million passengers in 2011 a six per cent growth compared to the... View more
February 27, 2012
Air Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier reported a net profit of Dh78.7 million ( 21 million) for the three months ending December 31 2011 an increase of seven... View more
November 22, 2011
AIR Arabia announced its financial results for the three months ending September 30 2011 demonstrating sustainable profitability during the third quarter of this year. Air Arabia s net profit for the ... View more
October 26, 2011
AIR ARABIA announced the delivery of its fourth aircraft of 2011 bringing its global operating fleet to 29 aircraft. The latest Airbus A320 marks the delivery of a total of six out of 44 A320 aircraft... View more
October 26, 2011
Air Arabia announced the launch of a special offer aimed at bringing families and friends closer to their loved ones in the UAE. Starting at just Dh999 ( 271) Air Arabia is offering a roundtrip ticket... View more
October 2, 2011
LOW-cost carrier Air Arabia is to introduce direct service to two new destinations in Ukraine expanding its presence to three major Ukraine cities and bringing its global network to 67 destinations. B... View more
October 2, 2011
Air Arabia completed its Ukraine hat trick this week with the launch of its flights to Kharkiv third city the carrier serves from Sharjah. Last week Air Arabia flights to Donestks took off following i... View more
March 13, 2011
AIR Arabia the region s pioneer low-cost carrier announced that passenger traffic between Sharjah and other GCC destinations reached 551 041 in the first half of 2010 an increase of 16.8 per cent comp... View more
September 30, 2010
AIR Arabia has announced that passenger traffic between Sharjah and other GCC destinations reached 551 041 in the first half of 2010 an increase of 16.8 per cent compared to 471 828 in the same period... View more
August 29, 2010
AIR Arabia has announced its financial results for the three months ending June 30 with profit showing at Dh 50 million ( 13.6 million). The figure represents a decline of 44 per cent compared to the ... View more
July 29, 2010
IN LINE with its 2010 expansion strategy Air Arabia has commenced services to Beirut Lebanon from its third hub in Alexandria Egypt. Roundtrip flights will operate four times per week between Burj Al ... View more
May 25, 2010
AIR Arabia the region s first and largest low-cost carrier announced its financial results for the three months ending March 31 demonstrating continued profitability. The airline s net profit for the ... View more
June 29, 2009
AIR Arabia has announced that its new value holiday booking service Air Arabia Holidays is now available online. Through this new offering Air Arabia Holidays brings customers better value holiday pac... View more
June 1, 2009
AIR Arabia the Middle East and North Africa s first and largest low-cost carrier has announced a net profit of Dh103 million for the first three months of this year an increase of 32 per cent compared... View more
March 30, 2009
AIR ARABIA will launch services to the Indian city of Goa from April 16 making it the only UAE based international carrier to offer direct flights to Goa from the UAE. Roundtrip flights will operate t... View more
December 31, 2008
Air Arabia founder and CEO ADEL ALI speaks about the Sharjah based low cost carrier s past year and its future. How has 2008 fared? This year has been another milestone one for Air Arabia: the company... View more
December 31, 2008
Air Arabia will commence operations from its second hub in Morocco early this year subject to government approvals. Air Arabia s second hub in Casablanca will provide the Sharjah based low cost carrie... View more
August 26, 2008
Air Arabia announced its financial results for the period ending June 30 2008 demonstrating continued superior performance and ongoing growth. The company s net profit for the first half of this year ... View more
June 2, 2008
AIR Arabia the first and largest low cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa will launch services to Bangladesh capital Dhaka from its hub in Sharjah starting from this month. Dhaka mar... View more
January 28, 2008
Sharjah Airport based Air Arabia has commenced operations from its newest hub in Kathmandu Nepal with the launch of FlyYeti.com Nepal s first low cost carrier. FlyYeti.com a newly established low cost... View more
December 24, 2007
Air Arabia announced last year that it signed an agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of up to 49 A320 aircraft. The Sharjah based airline s deal which has a book value approaching 3.5 billion at... View more
January 24, 2007
AIR Arabia has applied to the UAE Ministry of Economy and relevant regulatory authorities for approval to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the first quarter of this year. The Sharjah-based a... View more
July 1, 2006
LOW-FARES airline Air Arabia has announced that Information Systems Associates (ISA) a joint venture of Air Arabia and John Keells Holdings have developed a new reservation system AccelAero for low-co... View more
February 11, 2006
Outlook 2006 Air Arabia is adding three more aircraft this year expanding our fleet from five to eight aircraft all brand new Airbus A320 aircraft. Having increased our destinations to 26 across 17 co... View more
August 1, 2005
Air arabia he first low-cost airline of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region plans to increase our fleet as well as increase destinations. The Sharjah-based airline will continue its pl... View more
June 5, 2005
Air Arabia has announced three new destinations. Kabul will provide a vital link for increase in trade and tourism to Afghanistan while Sharm El Sheikh and Luxor bring the total number of destinations... View more
March 5, 2005
Air Arabia received its new Airbus A320 aircraft recently bringing the fleet to five aircraft. The new A320 aircraft state-of-the-art and top in its class started operations at the end of January furt... View more
January 4, 2005
What is Air Arabia s plan for 2005? We will increase our fleet as we will add a fifth Airbus A320 in the first quarter of the year as well as increased destinations for our passengers to travel to. We... View more
January 4, 2005
AS part of their continuous expansion Air Arabia recently completed the training of its fifth group of cabin crew. The group of 15 were also the first to be trained in-house as Air Arabia recently rec... View more
December 4, 2004
AIR Arabia the first low-cost airline of its kind in the Middle East & North Africa region has celebrated its first anniversary. What started as a concept has turned into reality for over thousands of... View more
November 8, 2004
Air Arabia has taken delivery of a new Airbus A320 aircraft bringing the Air Arabia fleet to four aircraft. The new A320 aircraft state-of-the-art and top in its class further enables the low-cost air... View more
June 7, 2004
Sharjah-based Air Arabia has opened its first travel shop in Abu Dhabi. As the capital city and commercial centre Abu Dhabi is an important market for us where we wish to offer our customers the airli... View more
April 11, 2004
Air Arabia LLC the first low-cost airline of its kind in the Middle East & North Africa region celebrated its official launch on March 24 in the presence of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed ... View more
November 2, 2003
When Adel Ali the CEO of Air Arabia woke up on the morning of October 28 he knew it was no ordinary day. It was the day he had circled in his calendar six months back after taking up his new assignmen... View more
October 8, 2003
Air Arabia has announced the appointment of Captain Glenn Burns director of operations and maintenance to its management team. This is a highly significant appointment for Air Arabia. Captain Burns pr... View more
March 2, 2003
Another airline is set to take to the Middle East skies with Sharjah announcing that its airline Air Arabia is set to take wing in October this year. This was announced at a press conference held at t... View more
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