Air Arabia, the Middle East’s first low fares carrier received a certificate for outstanding operations, achieving the best daily world utilization of the A320 fleet since August 2005 till date.
On receiving the accolade, Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia said, “The goal of optimising daily aircraft utilization is mainly to increase productivity but our most immediate strategy is to improve the airlines’ competitiveness by increasing our fleet, introduce new routes and simultaneously identify new business segments like holiday packages so that the airline continue to offer the value for money to its customers.”
Habib Fekih, President, Airbus Middle East, said: "We congratulate Air Arabia on their outstanding operations, achieving the highest average daily utilisation for an A320 fleet, over the period from September 2005 till August 2006.
This years awards highlight the success of Air Arabia in terms of profit margin, innovation, reputation and operational excellence and demonstrates the fact that low fares airlines are here to stay.
Current Air Arabia destinations include Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia (Syria); Alexandria, Assiut and Luxor (Egypt); Amman (Jordan); Astana and Almaty (Kazakhstan); Bahrain; Beirut (Lebanon); Colombo (Sri Lanka); Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh (KSA), Doha (Qatar); Istanbul (Turkey); Kabul (Afghanistan); Kathmandu (Nepal); Khartoum (Sudan); Kuwait; Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur and Thiruvananthapuram (India); Muscat (Oman); Sana’a (Yemen); Sharjah (UAE); Tehran (Iran) and Yerevan (Armenia).
CAPTION: Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia receives a certificate from Paul Klaasen, Customer Service Director at Airbus. Also present were key members of the Airbus and Air Arabia team.
Release issued on behalf of Air Arabia by Red Marketing Communications. For media information, please contact Shereen Dury/ Leila Amar on 065570115/ 0504810198 or e-mail: [email protected].
About Air Arabia LLC:
Air Arabia LLC was established as a full-fledged commercial airline of the United Arab Emirates on 3rd February, 2003 by an Amiri decree issued by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah and Member of the Supreme Council of the UAE. The airline commenced operations on 28th October 2003 and the current fleet consists of six brand-new A320 aircraft flying directly to destinations in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen.
