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the rise of air arabia

a timeline of our life so far

October 2002 the air arabia concept begins to take place
3rd February 2003 air arabia idea becomes reality
24th March 2003 the official launch ofair arabia
28th October 2003 the 1st plane leaves the runway for Bahrain
27th February 2004 air arabia’s 1st new aircraft arrives at Sharjah from Toulouse, France
7th January 2004 1st flight to Assiut, Egypt
3rd April 2004 1st flight to Khartoum, Sudan
28th October 2004 air arabia celebrates half a million passengers on 1st anniversary
20th June 2004 1st foray into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – to Jeddah
10th November 2004 air arabia takes off for Sana’a, Yemen
25th January 2005 5th Airbus A320 aircraft arrives from Toulouse, France
12th February 2005 air arabia announces break-even financial results for 2004
26th March 2005 1st flight leaves for Mumbai, India
5th May 05 silver award for best MENA airline
13th June 2005 Martha Pabon, 1st female pilot in UAE pilots her 1st flight with air arabia to Doha
28th June 2005 air arabia carries 1 million passengers since its launch
16th October 2005 1st flight leaves for Nagpur, India
19th October 2005 1st flight leaves for Aqaba, Jordan
11th November 2005 1st flight leaves for Amman, Jordan
14th November 2005 1st flight leaves for Astana, Kazakhstan
16th November 2005 1st flight leaves for Almaty, Kazakhstan
18th December 2005 air arabiaopens Dubai Sales Shop
1st February 2006 1st flight leaves for Tehran, Iran
18th February 2006 air arabia announces exceptional second year financial results
18th March 2006 air arabia announces the arrival of its first new Airbus A320 for 2006
21st March 2006 air arabia crosses the 2 million passenger milestone since it started operations in October 2003
1st May 2006 1st flight leaves for Kochi, India
4th May 2006 1st flight leaves for Kabul, Afghanistan
12th May 2006 1st flight leaves for Jaipur, India
21st May 2006 air arabia receives Middle East ICT Excellence Award for best e-business portal of the year
24th June 2006 air arabia announces the launch of a new multi-functional airline reservation system
27th October 2006 air arabia says namaste to three new destinations
28th May 2006 1st flight leaves for Istanbul, Turkey
29th October 2006 air arabia turns 3, set to soar higher
2nd November 2006 1st flight leaves for Chennai.(India)
5th November 2006 1st flight leaves for Thiruvananthapuram (India)
7th November 2006 1st flight leaves for Kathmandu (Nepal)
16th November 2006 1st flight leaves for Yerevan (Armenia)
November 2006 Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation declares air arabia as one of the worlds best LCC in 2006!
4th December 2006 1st flight leaves for Latakia(Syria)
14th December 2006 air arabia opens for sale new Mini Breaks!
14th January 2007 air arabia receives Airbus accolade
22nd January 2007 air arabia announces plans for Initial Public Offering in Q1 2007
6th February 2007 air arabia turnover surges to AED 749.16 mln up 82%
6th March 2007 First flight leaves for Karachi (Pakistan)
7th March 2007 First flight leaves for Peshawar (Pakistan)
12th March 2007 air arabia signs joint venture agreement with Hong Kong Engineering Company
12th March 2007 air arabia announce AED2.5 billion IPO opens on March 18
2nd April 2007 air arabia IPO attracts close to 40,000 subscribers
3rd April 2007 First flight leaves for Ahmedabad (India)
15th April 2007 air arabia to build 300-room hotel at Sharjah Airport
2nd May 2007 air arabia first quarter net profit soars to AED 43.4 million
3rd May 2007 air arabia wins the silver Award for best MENA Airline 2007
17th May 2007 air arabia convenes Founding General Assembly
21st May 2007 air arabia opens first sales shop in Jordan
3th June 2007 air arabia wins Airbus Operational Excellence Award
18 June 2007 air arabia takes off to Bangladesh