» air arabia Timeline
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 |
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