Air Arabia (G9) airline code, fares and API for travel agents
- IATA G9
- ICAO ABY
- Low-cost
Search Air Arabia (G9) fares
Air Arabia airline codes
- IATA code
- G9
- ICAO code
- ABY
- Main hub
- Sharjah (SHJ)
- Alliance
- Not in a global alliance
- Airline type
- Low-cost
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
About Air Arabia
Air Arabia is a low-cost airline with its home base at Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), a short drive from Dubai. From Sharjah it flies to the Gulf states, the Levant, North and East Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and a number of European cities. The G9 code belongs to the Sharjah operation. The wider Air Arabia group also runs sister airlines under the same brand from other bases, including Abu Dhabi, Morocco and Egypt, and it is a partner in Pakistan's Fly Jinnah. The cabin is all economy, and extras such as meals and seat selection are generally sold separately.
Budget carriers are not always easy to find in agent tools, so it is worth checking. In the IATA.co booking portal, or through the flights API, you search live fares and pay from a prepaid balance. Air Arabia fares appear in your search results whenever our flight suppliers offer them for your route and dates. Look at what each fare includes before confirming, because low-cost fares are often sold in several bundles.
Air Arabia airline codes explained
Air Arabia uses the two-letter IATA airline code G9 and the three-letter ICAO code ABY. The IATA code G9 is the one shown on tickets, fare displays and booking screens, while the ICAO code ABY is used in air traffic control and flight planning.
Air Arabia is a low-cost carrier, based in United Arab Emirates, operating mainly from Sharjah (SHJ). It is not part of a global airline alliance.
Booking Air Arabia fares as a travel agent
Travel agents book Air Arabia fares on IATA.co without their own IATA accreditation. Activate an agency account, top up a prepaid balance, then search live G9 fares in the booking portal: the price, baggage and fare rules are shown with each offer before you confirm, and the amount is deducted from your balance. Air Arabia results appear whenever our flight suppliers return them for your route and dates, so what you can book follows live supplier content rather than a direct airline deal.
Search Air Arabia (G9) through the flights API
Developers and agencies can run the same Air Arabia search from their own site, app or back office through the IATA.co flights API. Filter a search by the carrier code G9 and read the fares back as JSON, then book from the same prepaid balance. See the flights API and the API docs for the full reference.
GET /api/v1/flights/search?origin=SHJ&destination=DXB&date=2026-12-14&carrier=G9
Host: iata.co
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"carrier": "G9",
"flights": [
{ "airline": "G9", "from": "SHJ", "to": "DXB", "price": 148.20 }
]
}Example request and response. Carrier codes filter the search; the full reference is unlocked with your API key.
Air Arabia at a glance
- Low-cost airline based in Sharjah, UAE
- Main hub is Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)
- All-economy cabin with paid extras
- Group includes sister airlines in Abu Dhabi, Morocco and Egypt
Air Arabia (G9) questions
Air Arabia's two-letter IATA airline code is G9, and its three-letter ICAO code is ABY. The IATA code is the one you see on tickets, timetables and booking screens.
Air Arabia's ICAO code is ABY. ICAO codes are three letters and are used in air traffic control and flight planning, while the two-letter IATA code G9 is used in ticketing and reservations.
Yes. On IATA.co you book Air Arabia fares through the platform from a prepaid balance, so you do not need your own IATA accreditation. Air Arabia fares appear in your results whenever our flight suppliers offer them for your route and dates.
It depends on what our flight suppliers return. Whenever Air Arabia content — including NDC fares — is offered by a connected supplier for your route and dates, it appears in your G9 search results and can be booked from your balance or through the flights API.
Yes. Air Arabia follows a low-cost model with an all-economy cabin, and many extras are sold separately from the base fare.
Flights under the G9 code operate mainly from Sharjah International Airport (SHJ). Sister airlines in the group fly from other bases such as Abu Dhabi.
Air Arabia fares appear in your search results whenever our flight suppliers offer them for your route and dates. If none are returned, no supplier offered that fare for your search.
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