Freedom Town, Kuwait, December 8, 2012: Jazeera Airways recently celebrated its seventh anniversary in an event held for Jazeera Airways team on Thursday 22 November at its headquarters in Freedom Town.
Jazeera Airways CEO Stefan Pichler said, “The success of Jazeera Airways is the success of Kuwait’s private sector. When we took to the skies seven years ago we were the first ever fully private airline in the Middle East. Seven years later, we not only proved that a non-government owned airline can succeed and can continue to succeed in the Middle East, and with flying colors, but also proved the dynamism of Kuwait’s private sector and the strength of regulatory environment.
“Jazeera Airways thanks each member of our team for their hard work and dedication every day in making Jazeera Airways today the airline of choice of travelers and the best place to work for in Kuwait. We also thank all our partners, suppliers, and regulators for their non-stop support”.
In celebration of the anniversary, Jazeera Airways organized an event for the staff which ended with fun and engaging competitions with valuable rewards from Habchi & Chalhoub, Crowne Plaza Hotel, The Sheraton Hotel and Boodai Aviation.
Pichler added, “In the last seven years, we’ve become one of the best places to work in Kuwait for a wide-range of professional disciplines. And we are very proud of that we had a role in the development of a domestic airline industry and the growth of highly a professional talent pool.”
Jazeera Airways Vice President of Operations, Captain Falah Hamoud Al Shammari, said, “We’ve come a long way from securing manpower and other operational resources necessary to support our operations and growth. Today we have world-class crews, an established pilot training program, and operate day in day out with an on-time performance that is the highest in the Middle East.”
The airline employs an international team of 423 staff from 42 countries in Kuwait and throughout its network of 19 destinations, which include high-demand business, leisure, family, and weekend destinations such as Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Alexandria, Amman, Istanbul, Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor, Assiut, Sohag, Mashhad, Jeddah, Riyadh, Cairo and Al Najaf.
Jazeera Airways Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, Abdullah Al-Hudaid, said, “Our focus on technical reliability, maintenance excellence, and Jazeera Airways’ skilled professionals who work with top-class engineering service providers from around the world, have and continue to enable us to overcome day-to-day challenges, and have turned our operation into one of the most reliable airlines in the world commercially and operationally.”
Jazeera Airways operates seven fully owned Airbus A320s with a two-class cabin comprising of a Business Class and an Economy Class. Business Class travelers get both an upgraded experience and exclusivity, starting with exclusive check-in lines, business lounge access, up to 60 kilograms in free baggage allowance, and an exclusive on-board cabin. The airline’s Economy Class offers travelers free baggage allowance of 40 kilograms and free on-board meals with a changing menu every month.
Jazeera Airways is an IATA-member airline and operates one of the youngest Airbus A320 fleets across the Middle East.