Air Arabia flies to Kazakhstan

Air Arabia's Chairman and CEO led the delegation of senior officials, media, invitees and passengers on the inaugural flight and were met by Mamin Askar Uzakpayevich, Minister of Kazakhstan and senior Government and Civil Aviation officials.

Speaking at the occasion, Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, Air Arabia's Chairman said,

"Air Arabia is delighted to fly to Kazakhstan, part of the historic Silk Road and we look forward to assisting in the development of Almaty and Astana into burgeoning tourism and trade centres. We have a history of creating new destinations and we hope to do the same with our most recent destinations in Central Asia. We are committed to offering affordable travel to more people across the region and are very excited to extend our reach into this extraordinary region."

Sheikh Abdullah added, "We thank the government and Civil Aviation authorities of Kazakhstan for granting us rights to fly to Almaty and Astana and we look forward to flying to more destinations across Central Asia."

Air Arabia will fly 3 times a week to Kazakhstan. Weekly flights to Astana every Monday, depart Sharjah at 13:10, arriving in Astana at 19:25, departing Astana at 20:10 and arriving back in Sharjah at 22:45. Two flights a week to Almaty every Wednesday and Sunday, departing Sharjah at 13:10 to arrive in Almaty at 19:15, departing from Almaty at 20:00 to arrive back in Sharjah at 22:25.

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

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.