{"id":296585,"date":"2019-10-17T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T06:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=296585"},"modified":"2019-10-17T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T06:04:44","slug":"etihad-air-arabia-to-launch-abu-dhabis-first-low-cost-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/etihad-air-arabia-to-launch-abu-dhabis-first-low-cost-airline\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad, Air Arabia to launch Abu Dhabi&#8217;s first low-cost airline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: Etihad Aviation Group, the owner of low-cost carrier Air Arabia, on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement to launch &#8216;Air Arabia Abu Dhabi&#8217; &#8211; the first low-cost carrier of the UAE capital.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad and Air Arabia will set up an independent joint venture company that will operate as a low-cost passenger airline with its hub in Abu Dhabi International Airport. The new airline will complement Etihad&#8217;s services from Abu Dhabi and will cater to the growing low-cost travel market in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the emirate&#8217;s diverse attractions and hospitality offerings, travel and tourism play a vital role in the economic growth of the capital and the UAE. By partnering with Air Arabia and launching Abu Dhabi\u2019s first low-cost carrier, we are serving this long-term vision,&#8221; said Tony Douglas, Group Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Aviation Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: Etihad Aviation Group, the owner of low-cost carrier Air Arabia, on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement to launch &#8216;Air Arabia Abu Dhabi&#8217; &#8211; the first low-cost carrier of the UAE capital. Etihad and Air Arabia will set up an independent joint venture company that will operate as a low-cost passenger airline with its hub in Abu Dhabi International Airport. The new airline will complement Etihad&#8217;s services from Abu Dhabi and will cater to the growing low-cost travel market in the region. &#8220;With the emirate&#8217;s diverse attractions and hospitality offerings, travel and tourism play a vital role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,139,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}