Etihad-Air Arabia Discount Carrier Aims to Fill India Void - Bloomberg

Etihad-Air Arabia Discount Carrier Aims to Fill India Void - Bloomberg:

Etihad Airways and Air Arabia’s plan for a new discount airline will focus on flights between India and Abu Dhabi following the collapse of Jet Airways.

The future carrier will take over most of the 100 slot pairs for the market held by Etihad after ally Jet failed this year, according to the plan originated by Air Arabia Chief Executive Officer Adel Ali, Deepa Rajesh, sales director at the company’s Cozmo holiday arm, said in an interview.

Air Arabia, the Middle East’s biggest low-cost carrier, could deploy around 70% of the 100 short-haul jets it’s planning to order at the new venture, Rajesh said at the World Travel Market tourism fair in London. Air Arabia Abu Dhabi may also serve Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, she said.