-Carries total of 143,728 passengers
July 2011 Performance Highlights:
- Grabs 30% market share on Kuwait-Cairo route in July after two full operational months
- #1 Kuwaiti airline to its five Egypt destinations served
- #1 Kuwaiti airline, #2 airline to Beirut and Amman, grabs more than third of total market share
- #1 Kuwaiti airline, #2 airline to Bahrain
- #1 Kuwaiti airline, #3 airline to Dubai
- #1 airline on Kuwait-Syria routes
Freedom Town, Kuwait, 6 August 2011: Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways, the largest airline serving the Middle East out of Kuwait, today issued its monthly operational performance report for the months of July 2011, which showed that the airline continues to lead in market share on most of the routes it operates.
The company secured a month-on-month lead in market share since July 2009 thanks to its expanding value offering to customers, great schedules, and operating at high on-time performance of XX% during the month, making the airline one of the most punctual airlines in the Middle East.
The July 2011 report showed that the airline carried 143,728 passengers in both months, with 37,736 passengers between Kuwait and the Levant region, 48,274 passengers between Kuwait and Egypt, 51,086 passengers between Kuwait and Gulf countries, and 6,632 passengers between Kuwait and other destinations.
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 captured the largest market share on routes operated between Kuwait and other Egyptian cities, grabbing a 36% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 66% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, a 63% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 78% on the Kuwait-Luxor route, and a 32% market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route.
The July 2011 report also includes the airline’s two full months operational performance on the Kuwait-Cairo route launched on May 18th. Jazeera Airways now operates 21 flights per week since June 21. Jazeera Airways grabbed a 30% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route in July 2011.
Jazeera Airways was the largest Kuwaiti airline on majority routes operated between Kuwait and popular summer destinations in the Levant region with a 32% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route, a 35% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route.
The report also showed that Jazeera Airways grabbed the largest market shares to cities in Syria with a 48% market share on the Kuwait-Damascus route, a 60% market share on the Kuwait-Aleppo route, and an 82% market share on the Kuwait-Deir Ezzor route.
The airline was also the largest Kuwaiti operator and the second largest operator to Bahrain during the month of June with a 23% market share, and the largest Kuwaiti airline to Dubai with a 16% market share.
Jazeera Airways market share report for July 2011
| Route | Jazeera Airways July market share | Other airlines June market share |
| Alexandria route (ALY + HBE) | 36% | 64% |
| Aleppo route | 60% | 40% |
| Amman route | 32% | 68% |
| Assiut route | 63% | 37% |
| Bahrain route | 23% | 77% |
| Beirut route | 35% | 65% |
| Cairo route | 30% | 70% |
| Damascus route | 48% | 52% |
| Deir Ezzor route | 82% | 18% |
| Dubai route | 16% | 84% |
| Istanbul route (IST + SAW) | 18% | 82% |
| Luxor route | 78% | 22% |
| Mashhad route | 23% | 77% |
| Sharm El Sheikh route | 66% | 34% |
| Sohag route | 32% | 68% |
Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, July 2011 passenger movement report.