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Air Arabia To Operate From Nagpur
Plans Direct Flights To The Middle East
ET&T Staff - Mumbai
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Arabia LLC, Sharjah’s national airline and the first low fares airline
operating to India, is to be the first international airline to operate on the
Nagpur-Sharjah sector. The Indian Government has confirmed that Air Arabia has
been granted rights to fly between Nagpur and Sharjah.
Commenting on the developments, Adel Ali, Air Arabia’s
CEO, said “The Gulf-India market is important to us and we are
pleased to be part of the expansion and development of this market. We are continuing
in our strategy to open new routes and especially those that are underserved
internationally like Nagpur.” He further added, “We can now offer
Indian nationals in the Middle East the opportunity to go home or travel for
business more often at lower fares as well as connecting Nagpur with strategic
destinations in the Gulf. We look forward to welcoming customers and students
in and around Nagpur that have not been able to afford air travel in the past
to start traveling and those who do travel to do so more frequently.”
We are continuing in our strategy
to open new routes and specially those that are underserved internationally
like Nagpur |
Once the operations take-off, Air Arabia will be the first
scheduled international airline to operate to Nagpur. The operations will benefit
customers as well as trade and commerce from the nearby cities like Indore,
Aurangabad, Bhopal, Jabalpur and other cities around Nagpur by connecting them
to the Middle East. Nagpur’s strategic location at the centre of India
and connection by rail to Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and the
rest of Maharashtra will also be valuable to the people in these surrounding
states and offer connections to these destinations for the first time. Air Arabia
will start operations from Nagpur three times a week in the second half of October
to help people travelling home for Eid.
Air Arabia will offer upto 40 per cent lower fares than traditional airlines.
Air Arabia’s fare structure is based on supply and demand therefore booking
early will allow customers to take advantage of the lowest available fares.
Air Arabia offers travellers to and from India the very best in customer comfort
with brand new aircraft. In addition, the airline offers an in-flight entertainment
system with both video and audio choices to passengers on short and long haul
routes
Air Arabia launched its operations in India on March 26, 2005
with daily flights between Mumbai and Sharjah and this route have been immensely
successful with an average load-factor of 95 per cent.
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