What is the award for the Airbus A320 being awarded for?”
Air Arabia wins top honours at Sharjah-based LCC takes home prize for fourth consecutive year Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that it has been named winner of the A320 Family Operational Excellence Award by Airbus. The Sharjah-based LCC received the award for achieving the highest level of aircraft utilisation in the world in 2008, with 99.8 per cent operational reliability. The award was presented to the carrier in Paris, France, during Airbus’s biannual symposium of all operators of the A320 Family worldwide, held earlier this month. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Air Arabia has maintained the lead among all global airlines operating Airbus A320 aircraft. “We are very proud that Air Arabia’s operational excellence and service reliability have been recognised once more by a prestigious aircraft manufacturer such as Airbus,” said Adel Ali, Board Member and Group Chief Executive Officer of Air Ara
