Air Arabia adds more flights for Umrah Travel

The flights to Jeddah's Hajj Terminal will operate daily from Sharjah between 19th October and 1st November 05. This service will be available only to GCC Nationals or customers with Umrah visas.

AK Nizar, Air Arabia's Head of Sales declared, "We have a commitment to the people of this region to provide them with affordable travel and we are reinforcing this by presenting an opportunity to them to perform Umrah during the holy month of Ramadan. Customers can take advantage of as much as 40% lower fares, making this sacred journey accessible to all."

These additional flights will depart Sharjah Airport daily between 19th October and 1st November after midnight, arriving at the Hajj Terminal in Jeddah and arrive back in Sharjah each morning. Regular Jeddah flights will continue to operate every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, departing Sharjah for Jeddah at 08.30, arriving at 10.15 and returning at 11.00, to arrive in Sharjah at 14.45 local time.

Nizar added, " We would like to thank the government and Civil Aviation Authority of Saudi Arabia for their support and assistance in granting us these flight rights. We hope to continue to add more flights on our routes to the Kingdom as demand for affordable travel increases."

Air Arabia currently flies from Sharjah to eighteen destinations, soon to be twenty: Aleppo and Damascus (Syria); Alexandria, Assiut, Luxor and Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt); Bahrain; Beirut (Lebanon); Colombo (Sri Lanka); Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh (KSA), Doha (Qatar); Khartoum (Sudan); Kuwait; Mumbai (India); Muscat (Oman); and Sana'a (Yemen);Twice weekly flights to Aqaba and three times weekly flights to Nagpur, India will start in October 05.

Committed to enabling customers who have not been able to afford air travel in the past to start travelling throughout the region and those who do travel to travel more frequently, Air Arabia offers tremendous opportunities to travellers who are looking for competitive fares. It aims to make air travel more convenient and frequent, while providing the lowest fares in the market without sacrificing the standards of safety, quality or service offered.