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Vimala Vasan

Abu Dhabi , Feb. 8

AIR Arabia LLC, the first low-cost airline of its kind in West Asia & North Africa region, has announced that it has been granted flight rights to fly daily to Mumbai, from the middle of March.

This latest destination in Air Arabia's constantly expanding network expands the airline's reach to 12 countries and 16 destinations within West Asia, North Africa and the Indian sub-continent. Flight schedules and fares for India will be announced later this month, the airline said in a statement.

"We are delighted with this addition to our growing network," said the Air Arabia's Chairman, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Moh'd Al-Thani.

"This is part of our commitment to provide our passengers with the best value and the highest quality of service. By connecting India to our existing routes, we can now offer Indian nationals the opportunity to travel at lower fares throughout the Gulf region and Gulf residents to travel to India at the best possible fares, allowing families to meet more frequently and tourists to enjoy even more destinations," he added.

"India has always been part of Air Arabia's expansion plans and we look forward to addressing more of the region's travel needs with this new destination," said Mr Adel Ali, Air Arabia's CEO.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for Air Arabia to assist in increasing tourism within India with the movement of traffic from the Gulf region, as well as offering numerous travel opportunities to the Indian public, whether for business or leisure," he added.

Air Arabia is a government owned airline currently flying from Sharjah ten times a week to Alexandria; daily to Bahrain, Beirut, Colombo, Doha and Muscat; five days a week to Damascus and Kuwait; four days a week to Dammam; three days a week to Khartoum and Aleppo; and two days a week to Assiut, Jeddah, Riyadh and Sana'a.

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