Air Arabia to start daily flights from Karachi: The News

Thursday, June 19, 2008
By Saad Hasan

KARACHI: Air Arabia is looking forward to starting daily flights from Karachi to its hub in Sharjah besides adding Sailkot to its network of two existing destinations, which also includes Peshawar, a top airline official told The News on Wednesday.

The decision to enhance frequency and expand reach in Pakistan reflects UAE's first budget carrier's endeavour to capture the growing middle class in the Southeast Asian region, said Shalini Rajan, Regional Manager for Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Turkey and CIS countries.

"Income of people has increased and there has been a rapid growth in the number of new cost-conscious entrepreneurs," she said, expressing confidence that rising inflation will not hurt the number of people traveling by air.

Air Arabia has grown phenomenally since its launch in 2003 as a low-cost carrier. In a span of just five years, it has carried seven million passengers and expanded the network to 41 destinations.

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