Jazeera Airways issues February 2012 performance report

Report Summary:

  • 96% on-time performance
  • #1 airline between Kuwait and Luxor, Aleppo, Assiut, Sohag and Deir Ezzor
  • #1 Kuwaiti airline between Kuwait and Alexandria, Beirut, Amman, Bahrain, Dubai and Damascus
  • Kuwait-Cairo route market share increases to 26%

Freedom Town, Kuwait, 7 April 2012: Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways, the largest airline serving the Middle East out of Kuwait, today issued its February 2012 operational performance report, which showed that the airline has continued to grab leading market shares to destinations it serves.

The February 2012 report showed that the airline operated at a high on-time performance of 96% during the month, making it once again one of the most punctual airlines in the Middle East.

The today-issued report based on data from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), showed that Jazeera Airways was the leading airline on the Luxor, Aleppo, Assiut, Sohag and Deir Ezzor.

The airline also increases its market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route to 26%, an all-time high since it first launched the route on May 18, 2011.

Jazeera Airways captured the largest market share on routes operated between Kuwait and five Egyptian cities, grabbing a 30% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 46% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 67% on the Kuwait-Luxor route, and 36% market share on the Kuwait-Sohaj route.

Jazeera Airways also captured the largest market share to two Syrian destinations served with a 81% market share on the Kuwait-Aleppo route, and a 91% market share on the Kuwait-Deir Ezzor route.

The report also showed that the airline was also the leading Kuwaiti airline on routes between Kuwait and Beirut, Amman, Mashhad, Bahrain, Dubai and Damascus.

Jazeera Airways grabbed a 36% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route, a 35% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, a 10% market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route, and a 15% market share on the Kuwait-Dubai route.

Report highlights: Jazeera Airways market shares for February 2012

Route Jazeera Airways market share Market share of remaining airlines – combined
Aleppo route 81.12% 18.88%
Alexandria route (ALY + HBE) 30.34% 69.66%
Amman route 35.79% 64.21%
Assiut route 46.22% 53.78%
Bahrain route 10.01% 89.99%
Beirut route 34.88% 65.12%
Cairo route 25.87% 74.13%
Damascus route 34.89% 65.11%
Deir Ezzor route 91.02% 8.98%
Dubai route 14.99% 85.01%
Jeddah route 14.77% 85.23%
Luxor route 66.52% 33.48%
Mashhad route 18.84% 81.16%
Riyadh route 14.65% 85.35%
Sohag route 35.69% 64.31%

Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, February 2012 passenger movement report.