First Draw Rewards Winners on Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia Routes, AED 170,000 & 14 Unlimited One Year Travel Passes Left to be Won!

Sharjah, UAE, 3 March 2005 - Air Arabia LLC, one of the UAE's national airlines and the first low-cost airline of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region, today announced the first three winners of its two month Fly & Win promotion that started on 18 February. Offering passengers that fly within the promotional period the opportunity to enter into a weekly draw with three fantastic prizes - AED 10,000 cash or one of two unlimited travel passes - valid for one year on any Air Arabia sector - the promotion also enters all travellers into a grand raffle for AED 100,000.

The raffle draw today, the first of the eight draws being held over the two months, unveiled three winners from the period of 18-24th February 2005. The first prize of AED 10,000 went to Mr Mouazzen Basil from Lebanon who flew from Beirut to Sharjah on 24th February and the two unlimited travel passes went to Mr Min Heixin who flew from Riyadh to Sharjah on 18th February and Mr Hassan Saad who flew from Sharjah to Alexandria on 22nd February.

The lucky winners were drawn by Hilal Al Mohairy from Sharjah's Economic Department along with Air Arabia's Head of Sales - A.K. Nizar, Cabin Crew Manager - Abdulraoof Meer and Mohammad Al Thani.

Air Arabia is a Sharjah government owned airline currently flying from Sharjah ten times a week to Alexandria; daily to Bahrain, Beirut, Colombo, Doha and Muscat; five days a week to Damascus and Kuwait; four days a week to Dammam; three days a week to Khartoum and Aleppo; and two days a week to Assiut, Jeddah, Riyadh and Sana'a. 

Committed to enabling customers who have not been able to afford air travel in the past to start travelling throughout the region and those who do travel to travel more frequently, Air Arabia offers tremendous opportunities to travellers who are looking for competitive fares. It aims to make air travel more convenient and frequent, while providing the lowest fares in the market without sacrificing the standards of safety, quality or service offered. Bookings can be made through Air Arabia's call centre in Sharjah on (+971 6) 558 0000, the website www.airarabia.com, Air Arabia's own branded travel shops, Emirates Post or appointed travel agents.

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Note to Editors
About Air Arabia LLC:
Air Arabia LLC was established as a fully fledged commercial airline of the United Arab Emirates on 3rd February 2003 by an Ameeri decree issued by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and Member of the Supreme Council of the UAE. The Air Arabia fleet consists of five modern A320 aircraft flying directly to destinations in: Bahrain, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Flights to Mumbai, India are due to start in March 2005. 

Air Arabia Contact:                                                                   Press Contact:
Jyotsna Habibullah                                                                    Kelly Home / Rabie Al Faqih
Marketing Manager                                                                   Gambate! Communications
Tel:  (+971 6) 508 8888 / 508 8853                                             Tel:  (+971 4) 391 6424
Email: jhabibullah@airarabia.com                                                  Email: kelly@gambate.biz
Website: www.airarabia.com                  

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