Air Arabia, the Middle East region's first and only low-fares airline have announced an affiliation with UAE Exchange, to provide customers with a convenient and secure method of paying by cash.
“Our key objective with this affiliation is to provide greater access to more customers - many customers like to have the option of paying by cash over credit, yet still want the convenience of booking over the phone. The UAE Exchange is a regional company and through this affiliation we will be able to provide quick and easy payment points to more people across the region,” said AK Nizar, Air Arabia’s Head of Sales.
This alliance provides customers the opportunity to pay cash when they make bookings through Air Arabia’s call centre. They will receive a reservation number and their booking will be held for 48 hours, allowing them to go to the UAE Exchange Branches in Karama, Bur Dubai or Al Qusais in Dubai or to Rolla in Sharjah. At these UAE Exchange Houses, on presentation of the reservation number, the customer will be asked to pay the full amount plus a small fee of AED 10/- per transaction, which will be directly transferred to Air Arabia, to confirm their flight and receive an itinerary print out. This will soon be extended to more locations across the region.
General Manager of the UAE Exchange Centre LLC, Mr. Y. Sudhir Kumar Shetty is confident of the mutual benefit of the venture. “We are pleased to associate with the first low fares airline in the region. Our decision to offer a specialised service at our outlets to our existing and new customers once again reflects our commitment to serving people. Our technologically superior branches will attract and provide more convenience to Air Arabia travellers,” Shetty commented.
Air Arabia flies from Sharjah to eighteen different destinations: fourteen flights weekly to Alexandria; nine flights a week to Beirut; daily to Bahrain, Colombo, Damascus, Doha, Mumbai and Muscat; six days a week to Kuwait and Dammam; four times a week to Jeddah and Riyadh; three days a week to Khartoum and Aleppo; and two days a week to Assiut, Luxor, Sana’a and Sharm El Sheikh.
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 Sales Centres or appointed travel agents. For more information on this service call the UAE Exchange branches that are now providing this payment option in Bur Dubai on (04) 353 7070, Karama on (04) 335 2444, Al Qusais on (04) 261 7575, or Rolla on (06) 5625125.
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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 Emiri 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, India, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
About UAE Exchange:
UAE Exchange Centre LLC is today one of the largest Exchange Houses in the Middle East Region and member of the renowned NMC - a global conglomerate of diversified companies, with a network of branches in UAE & Australia. Apart from having associate companies in India, Kuwait, Oman, UK (Xpress Money Services Ltd.) and USA (Money Dart Global Services Inc), the UAE Exchange has set up liaison offices in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The UAE Exchange Centre specializes in Fund Transfer across the globe and enjoys a numero uno status in the industry. The company operates with over 207 direct offices and 8000 agent locations worldwide and enjoys correspondent relationship with 100 leading banks around the globe.
