Jazeera Airways
issues its Operational Performance Report on both a monthly and annual basis. The Report is based on official figures and statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA). On-time performance is reported based on results by independent US-based OTP tracker, FlightStats.

The airline continues to lead with a 33% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route for the eighth month in-a-row against three other carriers serving the route.

Jazeera Airways
also saw a 76% increase in flown passengers on the Kuwait-Istanbul route from April 2013, and grabbed a 7% market share on the route.

Flown passengers on the Kuwait-Jeddah route increased in April 2014 by 36% from April 2013, and by 19% on the Kuwait-Bahrain route. The airline grabbed a 17% market share on the Kuwait-Jeddah route and a 10% market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route.

Jazeera Airways
serves six cities in Egypt. The airline led on the route serving Luxor with a 70% market share, and grabbed a 24% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, an 18% market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 42% market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, and a 47% market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route. Flights to the seasonal destination of Sharm El Sheikh resumed in May 2014.

Flown passengers on the route serving Cairo increased by 10% from April 2013, and flown passengers on the route serving Alexandria increased by 21% from April 2013.

The airline saw an 11% increase in flow passengers on the Kuwait-Mashhad route compared to April 2013, and grabbed a 21% market share during April 2014.

The April 2014 report also shows that
Jazeera Airways
grabbed a 29% market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, a 12% market share on the Kuwait-Dubai route, a 5% market share on the Kuwait-Riyadh route, and a 39% market share on the Kuwait-Al Najaf route.

Jazeera Airways
‘ market share figures for the month of April 2014

Source: Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation, April 2014 Passengers Movement Report.

-Ends-

About
Jazeera Airways
:
Established in 2005,
Jazeera Airways
Group is a Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed company. The company has 15 fully-owned Airbus A320s in operation, distributed between its airline business,
Jazeera Airways
, and its fully-owned leasing business, Sahaab Aircraft Leasing. Sahaab has assets placed with Virgin America, SriLankan Airlines, Flynas and
Jazeera Airways
.

In 2013, the airline carried 1.1 million passengers in total across its network that includes today high-demand business, leisure, family, and weekend destinations such as Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Alexandria, Amman, Istanbul, Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, Luxor, Mashhad, Sohag, Jeddah, Riyadh, Cairo and Al Najaf.

Jazeera Airways
is an IATA member airline and operates one of the youngest Airbus A320 fleets in the Middle East.

For more information: jazeeraairways.com.

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