Jazeera Airways tops as region’s on-time airline in April

Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways, claimed to be the largest carrier serving the Middle East out of Kuwait, has issued its April 2012 operational performance report, which shows that the airline continues to grab leading market shares on its network.
The airline was also the leader in on-time performance in the Middle and North Africa as per FlightStats, the global flight and trip tracker, which scored the airline at 96.52 percent in on-time performance for the month.
The report, based on data from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), showed that Jazeera Airways was the leading airline between Kuwait and Amman, and between Kuwait and five Egyptian cities — Alexandria, Assiut, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh and Sohag.
The airline captured a 40 percent share on the Kuwait-Amman route during the month, a 35 percent market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 47 percent market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 64 percent on the Kuwait-Luxor route, a 56 percent market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, and 39 percent market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route.
The airline also increases its market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route to 26 percent, an all-time high since it first launched the route on May 18, 2011.
The report also showed that the airline was the leading Kuwaiti airline on routes between Kuwait and Beirut, Bahrain and Dubai.
Jazeera Airways grabbed a 37 percent market share on the Kuwait-Beirut route, a 12 percent market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain route, and a 16 percent market share on the Kuwait-Dubai route.