Jazeera Airways leads Kuwaiti airlines in market share in Oct-2010

Award winning airline Jazeera Airways issued its operational performance for the month of October 2010, which showed that it has continued to capture a leading market share among all Kuwaiti airlines on the majority of routes it served in October 2010, with the exception of the Kuwait-Jeddah and Kuwait-Riyadh routes, where it has lower seat-allocation restrictions compared to other Kuwaiti airlines.

The airline also recorded an on-time performance for the month of October of 95%, making it one of the most punctual airlines in the Middle East. The today-issued report is based on data from Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Jazeera Airways continued to be the airline with largest market share on highly competitive routes in the Middle East, including the Kuwait-Beirut route with a 31% market share, the Kuwait-Amman route with a 35% market share, the Kuwait-Alexandria route with a 46% market share, and the Kuwait-Damascus route with a 43% market share.

The report also showed that Jazeera Airways was the largest operator on leisure and weekend destinations as well, capturing an 13% market share on the Kuwait-Istanbul route, a 48% market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, and 51% market share on the Kuwait-Luxor route.