Afriqiyah Airways announces expansion plans out of Dubai
19-Apr-2010 Afriqiyah Airways is proud to announce the increase in frequency between Dubai and Tripoli from 4 flights to 6 flights a week, giving more connection to points in Central and Western Africa which will come into effect with their summer schedule.
These flights are operated on a brand new Airbus A319 aircraft which are used exclusively for this route from September 2008. We are flying non stop on this route and our cabin configuration consists of 16 seats on Business class and 96 seats on Economy class with the latest in In Flight Entertainment. Our cabins are designed with comfortable seats in both classes with interior lighting backed by warm and efficient service of our well trained cabin crew.
Afriqiyah Airways commenced its operations in December 2001 and has a network which encompasses 16 cities in West and Central Africa with Dubai being its newest destination. Afriqiyah is the Arabic word for African and our modern all jet fleet is painted in the striking colours of red, green, orange and black reflecting the colours of Africa.
We have long term plans to operate from Dubai to various points in the Indian sub continent and Far East, namely Dhaka, Mumbai and Manila using our brand new Airbus A330 which joined our fleet in October 2009.
Afriqiyah Airways received 3 A330s in 2009 and have launched their services to new destinations which include Beijing, Dhaka, Johannesburg, and Kinshasa.
This year we are planning to spread our wings to Asian points like Mumbai and Manila via Dubai, and our customers from the UAE can avail these direct services from to Dubai to these points. We are also planning to reroute our Tripoli to Dhaka flight via Dubai.
With these developments in place, we soon will be making Dubai as our second hub.
By early 2011 Tripoli will have a brand new Airport which can handle 20 million passengers a year, Tripoli's strategic location will enable it to connect Africa to rest of the world.
Our present schedule from Tripoli-Dubai-Tripoli is as follows:
- Sunday, Tuesday and Friday - All Times local
Departure Tripoli 0600 hours and arrive into Dubai at 1315 hours.
Departure Dubai 1415 hours and arrive into Tripoli at 1815 hours.
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday -All times local
Departure Tripoli 0900 hours and arrive into Dubai at 1615 hours.
Departure Dubai 1745 hours and arrive into Tripoli at 2145 hours.
Sharaf Travel are the general sales agent for Afriqiyah Airways in the United Arab Emirates and do look forward to the dawn of a new era with increased capacity to Tripoli and beyond and also wish to consolidate their strategic partnership in Afriqiyah's expansion plans out of Dubai to the Indian sub Continent and the Far East.