Who owns Air Arabia?
Air Arabia is owned by Air Arabia PJSC (the United Arab Emirates, DFM: AIRARABIA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Air Arabia PJSC — Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Air Arabia PJSC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
- Origin
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
- Founded
- 2003
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- DFM: AIRARABIA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Air Arabia
Air Arabia is the airline of Air Arabia PJSC, based at Sharjah International Airport. The group's annual report credits its chief executive Adel Al Ali with setting it up in October 2003 as the first low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, and describes it as the first publicly owned airline in the Arab world. It operates under a Sharjah air operator's certificate and is the parent of the partner airlines in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Morocco and Pakistan.
Ownership timeline of Air Arabia
- Current owner Air Arabia [1] reported
Where Air Arabia sits in Air Arabia
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Air Arabia brand portfolio (2) →
Other brands owned by Air Arabia
Air Arabia controls 2 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Air Arabia
Air Arabia is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as DFM: AIRARABIA.
Air Arabia PJSC is the Sharjah-based low-cost carrier group set up in October 2003 and listed on the Dubai Financial Market. Its 2025 annual report says it flies from Sharjah, and through partner airlines from Abu Dhabi, Morocco, Egypt and Pakistan. Only the Sharjah airline is fully its own: the Abu Dhabi, Egypt and Pakistan airlines are joint ventures in which it holds 49, 49 and 45 per cent, and the Moroccan one is an associate of 44.13 per cent. It also owns the Cozmo Travel agency business. In 2025 it took 49 per cent of Air Arabia DMM, a new Saudi airline joint venture, which is not listed as a brand here.
🇦🇪 Air Arabia and other Emirati brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 51 brands that began in the United Arab Emirates. 4 of them (8%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Air Arabia is not one of them.
- AD Ports Group — AD Ports Group 🇦🇪
- ADNOC L&S — ADNOC L&S 🇦🇪
- Abu Dhabi Aviation — Abu Dhabi Aviation 🇦🇪
- Aramex — Aramex 🇦🇪
- Arjaan Hotel Apartments — Rotana 🇦🇪
- Citymax Hotels — Landmark Group 🇦🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Air Arabia?
The parent company of Air Arabia is Air Arabia PJSC, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.
Is Air Arabia Emirati?
Yes. Air Arabia originated in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 and its owner, Air Arabia PJSC, is also headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.
Is Air Arabia still owned by Air Arabia PJSC?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Air Arabia is still owned by Air Arabia PJSC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Air Arabia PJSC — Annual Report 2025 — Air Arabia PJSC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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