Air Arabia increases number of flights into Mumbai

BY A CORRESPONDENT
June 24, 2006

Sharjah-based Air Arabia will up the number of flights flying into Mumbai by an additional six flights per week from June 20 onwards, to hit a high 13 flights a week between Sharjah and Mumbai. Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia said, "The demand for seats to Mumbai has been overwhelming and in order to cope with this demand we have decided to
operate an additional flight to the destination. The additional flight shall be catering to the large number of families going back to India for their summer holidays."

While the regular flights will continue as usual, departing at 2145 hours from Mumbai and 1630 hours from Sharjah, the additional flights will operate on six days of the week, excluding Monday, leaving Sharjah at 0010 hours local time, arriving in Mumbai at 04:40 hours Indian Standard Time. The early arrival time is expected to help schedule good connecting domestic flights within India, said the airline.

Additional flights will commence from June 20 and up to July 16, and the starting fare for one-way flights will be Dh 500, exclusive of surcharges and taxes.

Ali also said, "The new flight has been included with no change to our existing schedule ensuring that none of our customers on other routes are inconvenienced, we shall also soon be increasing our flight frequency to other key markets where we have had a similar response and need to cater to the summer rush. "