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19 April 2024

Hot Air Arabia 2-day offer: Dh449 return, all-inclusive

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By Shuchita Kapur

Budget carrier Air Arabia is giving some good discounts on select routes to its customers. This is a web-exclusive offer and fares start as low as Dh499.

These are return airfares and all-inclusive so you have peace of mind about no hidden charges being added at a later stage.

The port of departure is Sharjah and passengers need to book by Tuesday April 22, 2014, and travel until May 31, 2014.

Under the offer, you can fly to Bahrain, Kuwait and Salalah for Dh449; to Dammam for Dh599; to Tehran for Dh699, to Ahmedabad, Beirut and Khartoum for Dh899; to Delhi, Goa and Mumbai for Dh999.

A similar offer was made by the airline last month when it offered discounted tickets for as low as Dh399 for a limited 48-hour period.

The lowest fare quoted in March was (Dh399) are for cities like Dammam, Hofuf and Muscat followed by Dh499 for destinations like Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait and Salalah.

Currently, the airline flies to 88 popular destinations spread across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe with new ones being added to the network regularly.

Recently, the company announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013 and reported profits and growth. The company’s net profit for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2013, stood at Dh94 million, up 12 per cent compared to Dh84 million reported in 2012.

The airline’s turnover for the last quarter 2013 was Dh811 million, an increase of 8 per cent compared to Dh753 million reported for the same period in 2012. The airline carried over 1.5 million passengers in fourth quarter of this year, an increase of 15 per cent compared to last quarter of 2013.

Air Arabia added 8 destinations to its network in 2013, including Yerevan in  Armenia; Lar and Mashhad in Iran; Baghdad in Iraq; Sialkot in Pakistan; Abha, Ha’il and Hofuf in Saudi Arabia. The airline took delivery of seven new A320 aircraft from Airbus in 2013, bringing its total fleet size to 35.

Among the many highlights for Air Arabia in the year it celebrated ten years of success was being named “Low-Cost Carrier of the Year” at the Aviation Business Awards 2013.