Jazeera Airways reports September 2012 Operational Performance

Freedom Town, Kuwait, November 13, 2012: Award-winning Jazeera Airways today issued its September 2012 Operational Performance Report which showed that the airline has grabbed increasing market shares to popular destinations of Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul and Sharm El Sheikh.

The report, which presents market share figures based on official statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), also showed that the airline continued to have market share lead on key routes, and a continued lead in on-time performance (OTP) against all other airlines in the Middle East as ranked by the independent US-based OTP tracker FlightStats.

The airline’s OTP for the month was 96%, making Jazeera Airways the most punctual airline in the Middle East for the 21st month in-a-row according to FlightStats.

The report also showed that Jazeera Airways grabbed a 38% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, up 6% from September 2011, and 4% from August 2012. Jazeera Airways was once again the leading Kuwaiti airline on the route.

The airline grabbed a 29% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, a 3% increase in market share from September 2011, and a 2% increase from the previous month. The airline also saw a 18% increase in number of passengers on the route, compared to September 2011.

As the summer season came to an end, Jazeera Airways saw a 66% increase in number of passengers on the Kuwait-Istanbul route compared to September 2011, and a 96% increase on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route. The airline was the leading airline between Kuwait and Sharm El Sheikh with a 67% market share.

Other report highlights include that the airline was the leading Kuwaiti airline to the high-demand summer destinations of Amman, Dubai and Bahrain in addition to capturing leading market share figures on another four of the six Egyptian destinations it serves.

Jazeera Airways had a 32% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 52% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 46% market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route, and a 79% market share on the Kuwait-Luxor route.

The report also showed that Jazeera Airways was the leading Kuwaiti airline between Kuwait and Amman with a 39% market share, Kuwait and Bahrain with an 9% market share, and Kuwait and Dubai with a 14% market share.