Freedom Town, Kuwait March 22, 2012 — Jazeera Airways wins the Dubai National Airline Travel Agency (DNATA) “On-time Performance (OTP) Award” for 2011, outperforming 130 other airlines at the Dubai International Airport. The DNATA OTP Award accolades top-notch performance in achieving sustained operational excellence at the Dubai International Airport.
Jazeera Airways, which started operations in October 2005, has always identified OTP as one of the key commitments to its customers and has since continually upheld a market-leading OTP average 90% and above for the past six years.
In addition to the DNATA award, the US-Based global OTP tracker Flightstats.com has ranked Jazeera Airways as the leader in OTP for the Middle East in 2011.
“This award is a testament to our commitment for OTP, despite all the various challenges that we face in our day-today operations, from sandstorms to operational airport delays, and is dedicated to the Jazeera Airways operational team that has worked tirelessly to ensure that we are the leader in the Middle East in OTP”, said Ali Fairooz, Vice President of Ground Operations at Jazeera Airways.
Jazeera Airways operates an average of XXX flights a week from Kuwait, and operates a two-class cabin comprising a Business Class and an Economy Class. Jazeera Airways’ Business Class offering includes a separate cabin for passengers, exclusive check-in counters, Business lounge access at airports, in-flight à la carte’ menu, and 60 kilograms in free baggage allowance.
The airline’s Economy Class offers travellers free baggage allowance of 40 kilograms, free on-board monthly meals, and year-round value fares.
In 2011 the airline carried 1.2 million passengers in total across its network that includes 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 fleets across the Middle East and North Africa.