Dopo EAU, Marocco ed Egitto pare che la prossima filiale di Air Arabia sarà in Giordania.
UAE's Air Arabia plans Jordanian airline
By Jason Benham
DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - UAE-based budget airline Air Arabia said on Monday it signed an agreement to launch Jordan's first low-cost carrier and announced its fourth regional hub, as the airline continues its expansion plans.
The Arab world's largest listed airline signed a joint venture agreement with Jordanian Tantash Group to launch Air Arabia Jordan which will be based in the country's capital Amman, it said in a statement.
The new low-cost carrier will serve destinations across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
"We are confident of the long-term growth opportunities for the first low-cost carrier in the Kingdom," Adel Ali, Air Arabia's chief executive said.
Air Arabia, set up in 2003 in Sharjah in the UAE, also has a hub in Morocco and recently launched operations in its third hub in Egypt. Its business is under pressure from rivals including Kuwait's Jazeera Airways and Dubai-owned FlyDubai.
Tantash Group, based in Amman, is an investment company with interests in travel and tourism, real estate, financial services and industrial investment.
(Reporting by Jason Benham; Editing by Greg Mahlich and Dan Lalor) Keywords: AIRARABIA JORDAN/ (matt.smith1@thomsonreuters.com; +971 4 391 8301 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +971 4 391 8301 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; Reuters Messaging: matt.smith1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
UAE's Air Arabia plans Jordanian airline
By Jason Benham
DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - UAE-based budget airline Air Arabia said on Monday it signed an agreement to launch Jordan's first low-cost carrier and announced its fourth regional hub, as the airline continues its expansion plans.
The Arab world's largest listed airline signed a joint venture agreement with Jordanian Tantash Group to launch Air Arabia Jordan which will be based in the country's capital Amman, it said in a statement.
The new low-cost carrier will serve destinations across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
"We are confident of the long-term growth opportunities for the first low-cost carrier in the Kingdom," Adel Ali, Air Arabia's chief executive said.
Air Arabia, set up in 2003 in Sharjah in the UAE, also has a hub in Morocco and recently launched operations in its third hub in Egypt. Its business is under pressure from rivals including Kuwait's Jazeera Airways and Dubai-owned FlyDubai.
Tantash Group, based in Amman, is an investment company with interests in travel and tourism, real estate, financial services and industrial investment.
(Reporting by Jason Benham; Editing by Greg Mahlich and Dan Lalor) Keywords: AIRARABIA JORDAN/ (matt.smith1@thomsonreuters.com; +971 4 391 8301 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +971 4 391 8301 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; Reuters Messaging: matt.smith1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)