R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, NOV 2
After Thiruvananthapuram launching its direct connectivity on Tuesday, Kuwait’s first private airline operator Jazeera Airways all set to take off from Bengaluru on Friday. Jazeera Airways completes one year of successful operations from Chennai, said Andrew Ward, Vice President, Marketing & Customer Experience here on Wednesday.
Announcing this at a press conference in Chennai, Andrew Ward said as of now, the airline is operating 19 flights from New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chennai and Ahmedabad. The airline began its operations from Thiruvananthapuram on November 1 and will inaugurate a flight from the Silicon Volley of India – Bengaluru – on November 4 (Friday), he added.
It's official! Our first flight to Thiruvananthapuram landed successfully!
Watch history being made in this video. #JazeeraAirways has two weekly flights from KWI to TRV. Book your flight today. pic.twitter.com/lJO4zE9y5u— Jazeera Airways (@JazeeraAirways) November 1, 2022
Andrew Ward said, “The airline which owns a Terminal at Kuwait International airport offers slew of ease-of-boarding facilities to its passengers. It operates flights to 55 popular destinations (majority of them in Middle-east countries) Central, South Asia, Africa and European countries where the high-demand business, leisure and weekend destinations.”
- Kuwait’s first private airliner, Jazeera Airways completes one year of successful operations from Chennai
- Jazeera Airways operates 5 flights per week with 91% capacity from Chennai, hopes to achieve 100%; Airfare starting from Rs 18,296 for one way to Kuwait.
- Jazeera Airways has connecting destinations to Istanbul, Baku, Tbilisi, Cairo, Amman, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh, Dammam, Abha, Qassim and Dubai.
We are excited to share a look at the performance of Jazeera Airways over the last 9 months with a record-breaking group net profit of KD 21.76 million, increased fleet size and 11 new destinations.#JazeeraAirways pic.twitter.com/3OqWyufs8j
— Jazeera Airways (@JazeeraAirways) October 31, 2022
The airline earned a net profit of Rs 21.76 KDs during the first 9 months of operations this year. During this period, it has carried 2.6 million passengers with 76.4% load factor and achieved an operating margin of 15.45%, Andrew Ward added.
Jazeera Airways is the first airline operating 11 Airbus 320 Neo airlines from India, Andrew Ward said.
Romana Parvi, Regional Manager- South Asia said, “We are very excited to flying into Chennai with two services per week connecting the Indian Expat population from Kuwait to India and taking our valued passengers back from India to Kuwait and beyond to a large number of leisure and pilgrimage destinations.”
Having started its India operations with Hyderabad in October 2017, Jazeera Airways has quickly grown in the last 5 years serving from 5 to 8 destinations in India and currently has 30 direct services to Kuwait and beyond from India, she added.
Bharathan Ravindran, Vice President, Sales and Nisha Alexander, Sales Manager, Chennai were also present at the media briefing.
Jazeera Airways’ flights from Kuwait to Chennai depart at 17:20 pm local time on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays, and takes off on its return flight from Chennai at 01:30 am local time on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mondays.
With a view to reciprocate and appreciates its trade partners, the Jazeera Airways handed over awards to 10 top travel agents at an glittering event in Chennai on Wednesday evening by the top management.
