August 2012 Operational Performance Report Other highlights:
- #1 in on-time performance in Middle East, as per FlightStats
- #1 Airline between Kuwait and Egypt’s popular holidays and expats destinations: Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, Sohag, and Luxor
- #1 Kuwaiti airline between Kuwait and high-demand summer and holidays destinations of Amman, Dubai, Bahrain and Beirut
Freedom Town, Kuwait, September 19, 2012: Award-winning Jazeera Airways said today that it saw a 25% increase in passenger numbers last August, compared to last year, and in-line with the 23% increase in total traffic at Kuwait International Airport in the same month.
The airline said in its August 2012 Operational Performance Report issued today that the increase was led by more people choosing to fly to Amman, Bahrain, Dubai, Istanbul, Riyadh and Sohag this year versus last year.
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 20th month in-a-row according to FlightStats.
Other report highlights include that the airline was the leading Kuwaiti airline to the high-demand summer destinations of Amman, Dubai, Bahrain and Beirut in addition to capturing leading market share figures on five of the six Egyptian destinations it serves.
Jazeera Airways had a 30% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 58% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, a 47% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 36% market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route, and a 75% 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 36% market share, Kuwait and Beirut with a 33% market share, Kuwait and Bahrain with an 8% market share, and Kuwait and Dubai with a 15% market share.
Jazeera Airways market share figures for August 2012
| Route | Jazeera Airways market share | Market share of remaining airlines – combined | Number of airlines serving route |
| Al Najaf route | 100% | - | 1 |
| Alexandria route | 30% | 70% | 6 |
| Amman route | 36% | 64% | 3 |
| Assiut route | 47% | 43% | 3 |
| Bahrain route | 8% | 92% | 5 |
| Beirut route | 33% | 67% | 3 |
| Cairo route | 27% | 73% | 3 |
| Damascus route | 24% | 76% | 2 |
| Dubai route | 15% | 85% | 4 |
| Istanbul route | 8% | 92% | 3 |
| Jeddah route | 18% | 82% | 5 |
| Luxor route | 75% | 25% | 2 |
| Mashhad route | 22% | 78% | 5 |
| Riyadh route | 14% | 86% | 3 |
| Sharm El Sheikh route | 58% | 32% | 2 |
| Sohag route | 36% | 64% | 4 |
Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, August 2012 passenger movement report.