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Air Arabia upbeat about growth amid shift to Abu

Dhabi's new airport terminal

The Middle East's first low-cost carrier marks 20 years since its first flight took off from Sharjah on October 28, 2003

Air Arabia is scheduled to add 20 planes to its fleet each year from 2025 until 2030. Photo: Air Arabia

Deena Kamel
Oct 27, 2023

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UAE budget airline Air Arabia is optimistic about growth across its seven hubs, with “healthy” forward bookings
in the fourth quarter and an expected boost from the opening of Abu Dhabi's new airport terminal next week.
The trend of “revenge travel” that was prevalent after the Covid-19 pandemic is easing but passenger demand
has held up and is expected to extend into the coming months, the airline's group chief executive, Adel Ali, said
in an interview.

Leisure travel is set to grow at an annual rate of 4 per cent to 7 per cent in terms of passenger numbers,
although corporate trips will lag behind as companies opt to conduct some of their business by video
conference, he told The National.

“November is a busy events season and forward bookings are looking reasonably well and healthy,” Mr Ali said.
“Hopefully the geopolitical [tensions] will not extend further and will be contained and will not impact business
… so far, people are travelling.”
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