Full year 2013 highlights:
- Kuwait-Dubai route: 5% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Amman route: 20% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Beirut route: 16% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Jeddah route: 9% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Al Najaf route: 127% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Mashhad route: 19% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Luxor route: 13% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Assiut route: 11% increase in flown passengers from 2012
- Kuwait-Sohag route: 22% increase in flown passengers from 2012
Freedom Town, Kuwait, March 09, 2014: Despite the ongoing instability affecting part of the airline’s network in 2013, Jazeera Airways today announced an increase in passengers on routes serving Dubai, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah, Mashhad, Al Najaf, Luxor, Assiut and Sohag, as well as a high on-time performance of 93.87% in 2013, as ranked by the independent US-based OTP tracker, FlightStats.
The results were issued today in the airline’s Operational Performance Report for the year of 2013, which is based on official figures and statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The report shows that Jazeera Airways had a 5% increase in 2013’s flown passengers on the Kuwait-Dubai route in comparison to 2012, and the airline grabbed a 14% market share on the route. In October 2013, the airline launched flights to the new Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, increasing weekly flights serving both Dubai airports to an average of 27 flights a week.
Jazeera Airways was the leading airline serving the popular route between Kuwait and Amman last year with a 41% market share, and a 20% increase in flown passengers in comparison to 2012.
Despite year-long instabilities in Beirut, the airline saw a 16% increase in flown passengers between Kuwait and Beirut from 2012. Jazeera Airways grabbed a high 40% market share on the route.
On routes serving cities known for religious tourism, flown passengers on the Kuwait-Al Najaf route increased by 127% from 2012, by 9% on the Kuwait-Jeddah route, and by 19% on the Kuwait-Mashhad route.
The airline led the Kuwait-Al Najaf route in 2013 with an 81% market share. Jazeera Airways was the first airline in Kuwait and Iraq to launch flights between the two countries in April 2012 through the Holy City of Al Najaf.
Jazeera Airways grabbed a 17% market share on the Kuwait-Jeddah route in 2013, and a 19% market share on the Kuwait-Mashhad route.
The 2013 report also shows that Jazeera Airways had a 12% market share on the Kuwait-Riyadh route, an 11% market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route and a 4% market share on the Kuwait-Istanbul route.
On routes serving Egyptian cities, Jazeera Airways grabbed a 25% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, a 72% market share on the Kuwait-Luxor route, a 51% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, a 52% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 45% market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route, and a 19% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route.
The airline was the leading airline on routes serving Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor, Assiut and Sohag. Flown passengers increased by 11% on the Kuwait-Assiut route, by 13% on the Kuwait-Luxor route, and by 22% on the Kuwait-Sohag route.
Jazeera Airways market share figures for 2013
| Route | Jazeera Airways market share – 2013 | Number of airlines serving the route in 2013 |
| Al Najaf route | 81% | 3 |
| Alexandria route | 19% | 6 |
| Amman route | 42% | 4 |
| Assiut route | 52% | 2 |
| Bahrain route | 11% | 5 |
| Beirut route | 40% | 3 |
| Cairo route | 25% | 3 |
| Dubai route | 14% | 4 |
| Istanbul route | 4% | 3 |
| Jeddah route | 17% | 5 |
| Luxor route | 72% | 2 |
| Mashhad route | 19% | 8 |
| Riyadh route | 12% | 3 |
| Sharm El Sheikh route | 51% | 3 |
| Sohag route | 45% | 4 |
Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, 2013 Passengers Movement Report.