Jazeera Airways crosses the one-million passenger mark for 2010

Press release

Published December 26th, 2010 - 04:10 GMT

Al Bawaba

Award-winning airline Jazeera Airways announced today that it had crossed the one million passenger mark for 2010 in September, bringing the total number of flown passengers since establishment in 2005 to 6.5 million, or two times the total population of Kuwait in just five years. Jazeera Airways celebrates its fifth anniversary on October 30.

The airline also announced that is awarding the millionth passenger, Mr Essam Al Ameir, with two free Jazeera Business class tickets, open to any destination served by Jazeera Airways.

Throughout 2010, the airline has maintained market dominating positions, according to Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA)'s publicly available monthly reports.

Today, Jazeera Airways is the largest operator on all its routes with the exception of Jeddah and Riyadh, where the airline is restricted to a lower seat allocation versus other Kuwaiti airlines.

Jazeera Airways is a Winner of Arabian Business Magazine's 'Best in Aviation 2010' award and Gold Winner of Magnum Opus 2010 awards, and operates to 18 destinations across the Middle East, including high demand business cities like Dubai and Bahrain, and exotic tourist destinations like Sharm El Sheikh and Istanbul.

Background Information

Jazeera Airways

Established in April 2004, Jazeera Airways is the first non-government owned airline in the Middle East, continuing to be one of the few Middle East-based private airlines to this day.

Jazeera Airways currently flies to 28 destinations operating a reliable fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft – all fitted with our signature leather seats and two-class cabins. In June 2018 Jazeera was the first airline in the Middle East to introduce the A320neo into its fleet.