Airline News - Africa / Middle East.Edited by Aram Gesar, edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, data, analysis and features, please go to: http://www.AirGuideOnline.com/order_formsubs.htm Sep 18, 2006 Air Arabia Air Arabia is a low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It operates scheduled services to 32 destinations in the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport[1]. Air Arabia, which celebrates its third anniversary this fall, achieved a breakeven financial result in its first year, made a profit in its second and expects to do so again for its third, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Adel Abdulla Ali told the World Low Cost Airlines Conference in London. The Sharjah-based low-fare carrier has a fleet of seven A320s operating around 140 flights per week to more than two dozen cities in the Middle East, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and India. Ali said Air Arabia will add three aircraft before year end and a similar number in 2007. He expects to carry 2 million passengers next year, up from 1.5 million in 2006. The airline is co-owned by Sharjah International Airport Sharjah International Airport (Arabic: مطار الشارقة الدولي) (IATA: SHJ, ICAO: OMSJ and the Sharjah CAA Caa See CCC. . Sep 14, 2006 Kenya Airways Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi, Africa, started operations on 4 February 1977 It operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Kenya Airways will launch thrice-weekly Nairobi-Paris Charles de Gaulle service from Oct. 26 aboard either 767-300ERs or 777-200s. It is KQ's fourth European destination after Amsterdam, London Heathrow and Istanbul. Sep 13, 2006 |
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