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Feb 06 2012

Jazeera Airways issues 2011 operational performance report

Jazeera Airways issues 2011 operational performance report
Dominant market share on most routes in 2011

1.2 million passengers carried between Kuwait and 17 popular leisure and business destinations in the Middle East

Report Summary:

95% on-time performance

#1 airline between Kuwait and Alexandria, Luxor, Aleppo, Assiut, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag, Deir Ezzor and Damascus

#1 Kuwaiti airline between Kuwait and Beirut, Amman, Mashhad, Bahrain and Dubai


Freedom Town, Kuwait, 06 February 2012: Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways , the largest airline serving the Middle East out of Kuwait, today issued its full-year 2011 operational performance report, which showed that the airline carried 1.2 million passengers between Kuwait and 17 leisure and business destinations in the Middle East.

The 2011 report showed that the airline operated at a high on-time performance of 95% during the year, making it once again one of the most punctual airlines in the Middle East.

The today-issued report, based on data from Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), also showed that Jazeera Airways was the leading airline on the Alexandria, Luxor, Aleppo, Assiut, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag, Deir Ezzor and Damascus routes.

Jazeera Airways captured the largest market share on routes operated between Kuwait and five Egyptian cities, grabbing a 38% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 61% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, an 83% on the Kuwait-Luxor route, a 50% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, and 37% market share on the Kuwait-Sohaj route. The airline also captured an 18% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, which was launched in May.

Jazeera Airways also captured the largest market share to Syrian destinations served with a 47% market share on the Kuwait-Damascus route, a 76% market share on the Kuwait-Aleppo route, and a 90% market share on the Kuwait-Deir Ezzor route.

The report also showed that the airline was also the leading Kuwaiti airline on routes between Kuwait and Beirut, Amman, Mashhad, Bahrain and Dubai.

Jazeera Airways grabbed a 33% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route, a 35% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, a 17% market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route, and a 16% market share on the Kuwait-Dubai route.



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About Jazeera Airways :
Established in 2005, Jazeera Airways Group is a Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed company with over 12,000 shareholders. The company has 11 fully-owned Airbus A320s in operation, distributed between its airline business, Jazeera Airways (six aircraft), and its fully-owned leasing business, Sahaab Aircraft Leasing (five aircraft). Sahaab has assets placed with Virgin America, SriLankan Airlines, and Jazeera Airways .

In 2011 the airline carried 1.2 million passengers in total across its network that includes today high-demand business, leisure, family, and weekend destinations such as Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Alexandria, Amman, Damascus, Istanbul, Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, Luxor, Mashhad, Sohag, Jeddah, Riyadh and Cairo.

Jazeera Airways is an IATA member airline and operates one of the youngest Airbus A320 fleet in the Middle East.

For more information: jazeeraairways.com.
Reporters may contact:
Fawaz Al-Sirri: +965 (6) 6622448 / fawaz@bensirri.com

© Press Release 2012

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