Jazeera Airways leads Kuwaiti airlines to popular winter destinations in January 2011

Freedom Town, March 12, 2011 – Award winning airline Jazeera Airways today issued its operational performance report for the month of January 2011, which showed that it had a continued to lead in market share over other Kuwaiti airlines on popular winter routes that were served in January 2011.

The today-issued report is based on data from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA). The report does not include the Kuwait-Jeddah and Kuwait-Riyadh routes, where the airline has lower seat-allocation restrictions compared to other Kuwaiti airlines.

Jazeera Airways grabbed a 28% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, a 35% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route, a 46% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 40% market share on the Kuwait-Damascus route.

The report also showed that Jazeera Airways was the largest Kuwaiti operator on business and weekend destinations as well, capturing a 14% market share on the Kuwait-Dubai route, and 19% market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route.

The report also mentioned that Jazeera Airways operated the month with an on-time performance of 93%, making it one of the most punctual airlines in the Middle East.