Air Arabia sees demand soar on India routes

SHARJAH – Air Arabia, the first and largest LCC in the Middle East and North Africa, said that its passenger average load factor (passengers carried in proportion to available seats) across its destination network in India stood at 94 percent for the first quarter of 2008.

The airline served 246,296 passengers on its Sharjah–India routes for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of 43 percent compared to 172,246 passengers during the same period in 2007.

Air Arabia flies directly from its hub in Sharjah to Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Thiruvanathapuram, Bangalore, Kozhikode and Delhi. This represents the most comprehensive destination network in India of any Middle Eastern airline.