Jazeera Airways restarts scheduled flights to Assiut, following Airport renovation program Flights start September 10th, 2015

Press release

Published July 26th, 2015 - 06:53 GMT

Al Bawaba

Jazeera Airways today announced the restart of scheduled flights between Kuwait and Assiut, Egypt, starting September 10th with four weekly flights. The airline had served Assiut from August 2006 until June 2014, when the airport was closed for renovation.

In addition to flights to Assiut, Jazeera Airways also operates scheduled flights between Kuwait and five other Egyptian cities, including Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh and Sohag.

Bookings be made through the jazeeraairways.com portal or the airline’s native mobile app (iOS and Android), and in Kuwait, through the call center on 177. The airline will serve Assiut International Airport with four flights a week until October 3rd, 2015, and then with three flights a week, with the following schedules:

September 10, 2015 to October 3, 2015
Route	Flight #	Day	Flight departure (local time)	Flight arrival (local time)
Kuwait-Assiut	528	Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday	22:45 (Kuwait time)	00:55 (Assiut time)
Assiut-Kuwait	529	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday	01:40 (Assiut time)	05:30 (Kuwait time)

October 4, 2015 to October 24, 2015
Route	Flight #	Day	Flight departure (local time)	Flight arrival (local time)
Kuwait-Assiut	528	Wednesday, Friday and Sunday	19:30 (Kuwait time)	21:40 (Assiut time)
Assiut-Kuwait	529	Monday, Thursday and Saturday	22:25 (Assiut time)	02:15 (Kuwait time, the next day)

In 2015, Jazeera Airways serves from Kuwait 16 popular destinations in the Middle East, including high-demand business, leisure, family, and weekend destinations such as Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Alexandria, Amman, Istanbul, Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor, Assiut, Sohag, Mashhad, Jeddah, Riyadh and Cairo.

Jazeera Airways operates eight fully owned Airbus A320s with two class cabins comprising a Business Class and an Economy Class. Business Class travelers get both an upgraded experience and exclusivity, starting with exclusive check-in lines, business lounge access, up to 60 kilograms in free baggage allowance, and an exclusive on-board cabin. The airline’s Economy Class offers travelers free baggage allowance of 40 kilograms and free on-board meals with a changing menu every month.

Jazeera Airways is an IATA-member airline.

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.