-Kuwait-Beirut sees 20% seasonal passenger increase over previous month
-Kuwait-Cairo sees 12% seasonal passenger increase over previous month
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 destinations of Amman, Dubai, Bahrain and Beirut
Freedom Town, Kuwait, September 4, 2012: Award-winning Jazeera Airways today issued its July 2012 Operational Performance Report, showing a continued 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 93.9%, making Jazeera Airways the most punctual airline in the Middle East for the 19th month in-a-row.
The report, which presents market share figures based on official statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), showed that the airline’s July market share for the Kuwait-Cairo route grew from 26% in June to 28% in July, led by a 12% seasonal increase in flown passengers on the route. The airline saw a similar positive performance on the Kuwait-Beirut route with market share growing from 30% in June to 33% in July, representing a 3% increase that was also driven by a 20% seasonal increase in flown passengers on the route.
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 27% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 67% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, a 52% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 34% 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 37% market share, Kuwait and Beirut with a 33% market share, Kuwait and Bahrain with a 10% market share, and Kuwait and Dubai with a 16% market share.
Jazeera Airways market share figures for July 2012
| Route | Jazeera Airways market share | Market share of remaining airlines – combined | Number of airlines serving route |
| Al Najaf route | 100% | - | 1 |
| Alexandria route | 27% | 73% | 6 |
| Amman route | 37% | 63% | 3 |
| Assiut route | 52% | 48% | 3 |
| Bahrain route | 10% | 90% | 5 |
| Beirut route | 33% | 67% | 3 |
| Cairo route | 28% | 72% | 3 |
| Damascus route | 42% | 58% | 2 |
| Dubai route | 16% | 84% | 4 |
| Istanbul route | 7% | 93% | 3 |
| Jeddah route | 16% | 84% | 4 |
| Luxor route | 75% | 25% | 2 |
| Mashhad route | 18% | 82% | 5 |
| Riyadh route | 14% | 86% | 3 |
| Sharm El Sheikh route | 67% | 33% | 2 |
| Sohag route | 34% | 66% | 4 |
Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, July 2012 passenger movement report.