Air Arabia to boost Mumbai flights
Dubai, June 20, 2007
Air Arabia will shortly begin operating two additional flights per week to Mumbai, India.
Currently, the Sharjah-based carrier provides daily non-stop service to India’s financial capital.
From June 22-September 15, Air Arabia will operate additional flights to Mumbai (Bombay) on Fridays and Saturdays.
On those days, flights will depart from Sharjah at 9:35am and arrive in Mumbai at 14:00pm local time. On the same days, flights will depart Mumbai (Bombay) at 14:45pm and arrive in Sharjah at 16:05PM local time.
Regular service to Mumbai (Bombay) will be maintained, with daily departures from Sharjah at 16:40PM and from Mumbai at 21:45PM local time.
Air Arabia commercial director Kyle Haywood said:
“India is an extremely important market for Air Arabia, and we are always eager to adapt our flight schedule to meet the needs of those traveling to this key South Asian destination.
“Our decision to operate two additional flights to Mumbai demonstrates our continued commitment to the needs of our customers here in the UAE and in India.”
Air Arabia currently operates 46 flights a week to seven cities in India, including Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur and Thiruvananthapuram.
Air Arabia also flies to Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia (Syria); Alexandria, Assiut and Luxor (Egypt); Amman (Jordan); Astana and Almaty (Kazakhstan); Bahrain; Beirut (Lebanon); Chittagong (Bangladesh); Colombo (Sri Lanka); Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh (KSA), Doha (Qatar); Istanbul (Turkey); Kabul (Afghanistan); Kathmandu (Nepal); Khartoum (Sudan); Kuwait; Muscat (Oman); Sana’a (Yemen); Sharjah (UAE); Tehran (Iran),Yerevan (Armenia), Karachi and Peshawar (Pakistan). TradeArabia News Service