Dubai: Air Arabia is mulling expansion plans of its Moroccan operations to increase the number of points in Europe it serves from Casablanca, said Group Chief Executive Adel Ali on Monday.
Air Arabia Maroc, a joint-venture subsidiary, flies to more than 20 destinations predominantly in Europe.
This past summer Air Arabia, headquartered in Sharjah, increased the number of aircraft in its Moroccan fleet from three to five, Ali told reporters on the sidelines of the Aviation Festival in Dubai.
“We added more for summer and now we are planning to see what more they need. Our vision is to make that hub bigger,” he said.
Air Arabia left one aircraft with the Moroccan subsidiary after summer, increasing Air Arabia Maroc’s fleet to four Airbus A320s.
Ali, who said Air Arabia was developing a plan to increase the size of its Moroccan hub, also said the Group is “optimistic” about Egypt, which has been shrouded in political instability since 2010 until the Presidential election of Abdul Fattah Al Sissi earlier this year.
Air Arabia Egypt is joint-venture subsidiary based in Alexandria.
“The [Egypt] business has turned around positively for us. This year it’s made very good profits … we will wait to see if the stability continues, as this continues we will consider [expanding],” he said.
