Air Arabia connects Kazakhstan with the UAE

Air Arabia announced today that it is now all set to fly to some of the most exciting cities in Central Asia. The first flight to this part of the world will take place on Monday 14th November 2005 when the first ever UAE airline with touch down in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The second city to be connected to the UAE will be Almaty, the commercial hub of Kazakhstan commencing Wednesday 16th November 2005.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, Air Arabia's Chairman said today,

"More people in the UAE have been waiting to take advantage of the low fares that we offer to destinations across the Middle East and North Africa to take them home. We are now expanding our network to Kazakhstan. We would like to thank the Kazakhstan Authorities for granting us rights to fly to both Almaty and Astana and hope that they will see the benefit to their residents and allow us to increase the number of flights."

Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, Air Arabia's Chairman added, "We look forward to growing trade and tourism links between UAE and Kazakhstan and providing the opportunity to expatriates living in the UAE to travel home for the first time or just more often. We also look forward to increasing flights to Kazakhstan and giving people the opportunity to travel to the UAE for business or to take affordable holidays more often."

Air Arabia currently flies from Sharjah to twenty destinations, with more to come: Aleppo and Damascus (Syria); Alexandria, Assiut, Luxor and Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt); Aqaba (Jordan); Bahrain; Beirut (Lebanon); Colombo (Sri Lanka); Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh (KSA), Doha (Qatar); Khartoum (Sudan); Kuwait; Mumbai and Nagpur (India); Muscat (Oman); and Sana'a (Yemen).

Committed to enabling customers unable 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. The airline enables more convenient and frequent air travel, while providing the lowest fares in the market without sacrificing the standards of safety, quality or service offered. Bookings can be made through Air Arabia's call centre in Sharjah on 5580000, through the website or appointed travel agents. Air Arabia has appointed Jana-Arha as their agent in Almaty and Astana-Shuldyz in Astana.