Jazeera Airways reports 21% passenger traffic
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Jazeera Airways announced its August 2013 operational performance report, which shows a 21% increase in passenger traffic. As per statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), the increase was supported by rise in flown passengers on 11 routes across Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Amman, Riyadh, Istanbul, Mashhad and Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor, Assiut and Sohag.
On the Kuwait-Dubai route, Jazeera Airways saw a 55% increase in flown passengers from August last year. The airline grabbed a 14% market share on the route. The report also shows a 24% increase in flown passengers between Kuwait and Bahrain, and grabbed a 10% market share, a two percent increase in market share from August last year.
On routes serving Beirut and Amman, Jazeera Airways saw a 56% increase in flown passengers on the Kuwait-Beirut route, and a 54% increase in flown passengers on the Kuwait-Amman route from August last year. The airline was the leading airline serving the Kuwait-Beirut route with a 40% market share, and grabbed a 36% market share on the Kuwait-Amman route.
Jazeera Airways also saw a 33% increase in flown passengers on the route between the popular touristic destination of Istanbul and Kuwait in August 2013. The Kuwait-Riyadh route increased by six percent, as it grabbed a 13% market share. Its market share on the Kuwait-Jeddah route was 16% in August 2013.
The Egyptian cities of Sharm El Sheikh lead with a 65% market share, Luxor with a 76% market share, Assiut with a 53% market share and Sohag with a 45% market share. Flown passengers on these routes increased from August last year, with a 50% increase on Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, a 28% on Kuwait-Luxor route, a 36% on the Kuwait-Assiut route, and a 32% on the Kuwait-Sohag route.
For the rest of its Egyptian routes, Jazeera Airways grabbed a 25% market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, and a 22% share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route. As for the Kuwait-Mashhad route, the airline’s flown passengers increased by 62% from August last year.
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