DUBAI, Oct 29 — Air Arabia will start flying from its home base Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to several cities in China next year.
Air Arabia group chief executive Adel Abdullah Ali said the airline had received permission to fly to several Chinese cities but did not reveal their names, Xinhua news agency reports the UAE daily The National as saying.
Local media said the carrier is expected to focus on destinations in the West and central-West of China such as Chengdu.
The UAE has intensified trade and tourism relations with China in recent years as there are some 200,000 Chinese citizens living in the Gulf state.
Air Arabia earned a net income of 134 million dirham (US$36.54 million) in the first six months of the year, representing a 17 percent increase over the same period last year. – Bernama
