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Air Arabia is a Low-cost Airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates . It operates scheduled services throughout the Middle East and to the Indian subcontinent. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport . Air Arabia is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization . CODE DATA HISTORY The airline was established on 3 February 2003 and started operations on 29 October 2003 . Air Arabia can be safely said to be the first Budget Airline in the Middle East region. It was formed by Amiri decree issued by Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi. It is owned by Sharjah Civil Aviation Department (50%), Sharjah Airport International Free Trade Zone Authority (SAIF Zone) (10%), and other founders include Sharjah based and Bahrain based strategic investors (40%). SERVICES Air Arabia operates the following services (at December 2005 ): Sharjah to Aleppo , Alexandria , Almaty , Amman , Aqaba , Astana , Asyut , Bahrain , Beirut , Colombo , Damascus , Dammam , Doha , Jeddah , Khartoum , Kuwait , Mumbai , Muscat , Nagpur , Riyadh and Sanaá , Sharm El Sheikh . Future destinations in 2006 include Pakistan, more destinations in Southern India, and Cairo. As in Feb. 1st, 2006 new flights from Tehran to Sharjah and return flights are reported to have started. FLEET The aircraft consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): EXTERNAL LINKS
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