- Jazeera Airways
Infobox_Airline
airline=Jazeera Airways
logo=
logo_size=130
IATA=J9
ICAO=JZR
callsign=JAZEERA
parent=The Boodai Group
founded=2005
headquarters=Kuwait City ,Kuwait
key_people=Marwan Boodai (Chairman/CEO)
hubs=Kuwait International Airport Dubai International Airport
fleet_size=6 (+33 orders)
destinations=23
website= http://www.jazeeraairways.com
Jazeera Airways ( _ar. طيران الجزيرة) is a low-fare airline based in
Kuwait . It operates scheduled services to theMiddle East ,Europe andIndia . Its main base isKuwait International Airport , withDubai International Airport being a secondary hub.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 97 | date= 2007-04-03] The airline has grown since its launch to becomeKuwait 's secondnational airline and has beendynamic in popularizinglow-cost carriers in theMiddle East .History
In
2004 theKuwait Government permitted the establishment of non-governmental airline firm, essentially ending Kuwait’s 50-year old dependency on aKuwait Airways . The 2004 Emiree Decree #89 established Jazeera Airways as first airline to enter this newly liberalized industry. Jazeera Airways raised its capital of KD 10 million (USD 35 million) through an initial public offering in Kuwait that was oversubscribed 12 times.cite web
url=http://www.itp.net/business/features/details.php?id=3389
title=Low-cost Jazeera flies into town
accessdate=2006-09-28
last=Robinson
first=David
date=2005-11-06
publisher=ITP] The airline is the first privately owned airline in Kuwait and the Middle East, and one of the few airlines in the Middle East built on a low-fares business model.The airline is owned by the Boodai Group (30%) and public shares (70%). Jazeera Airways started operation on
October 30 ,2005 with a fleet of brand newAirbus A320 aircraft, all leather seats, flying to several destinations in the Middle East.Destinations
Fleet
The Jazeera Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of
October 2008 ) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=JAZ&al_op=1] :
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