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Jazeera Airways
Cleared for Take-off
Opens
Flights for Booking
Kuwaiti
Travellers first in the Middle East to
book via SMS
Kuwait, 12
September 200: Jazeera Airways, the first
privately owned airline in the Middle
East, established in Kuwait, announced
today that it its first flights are open
for booking. Passengers can book their
ticket-less flights to Dubai, Lebanon,
Damascus, Amman and Bahrain through the
web, by phone, SMS, or through travel
agents.
Future
destinations include Egypt, India and
South East Asia. The first flight open for
booking today is on November 16,
2005.
Marwan
Boodai, Chairman and CEO of the new
national airlines of Kuwait, said: "We are
proud to announce that the official launch
of the airline will be in late October per
schedule and we are currently taking in
bookings for flights on November 16 and
beyond".
By
investing heavily into a solid IT
backbone, Jazeera Airways broke-away from
out-dated business models and built a new
model tasked with raising operational
efficiency by incorporating the latest
revenue management procedures into the
company and installing state-of-the-art
technologies, to ultimately enable
travellers to become more independent in
their bookings and payment.
(MORE)
Boodai
said "we are breaking-away from old
industry norms by opening new booking and
payment channels to give people more
control when planning a flight. As of
today, travelers can book their
ticket-less flights to Jazeera Airways
destinations through jazeeraairways.com,
by dialing 177, through travel agents, or
by dialing *177# for SMS
booking".
"By
recruiting a team of international experts
in aviation, our heavy investment in
booking and payment technology, fully
electronically integrated operations,
abandoning old-fashioned ticketing, and
operating a fleet of
single
type aircraft, we are able to operate on a
very high operational efficiency enabling
us to offer below-market fares through-out
the year," explained Boodai
Jazeera
Airways will operate brand new Airbus A320
aircraft, one of the most fuel efficient
aircraft built today, and maintained
on-site and off-site by the world-leading
German company
Lufthansa-Technik.
The
Airline's first-in-the-Middle-East booking
system was developed by Navitaire, the
world's leading developer of airline
booking and revenue management systems.
Recent figures have shown a significant
increase in Internet penetration in the
Middle East, with Kuwait being the
forerunner with 22.4% (Internet
penetration in Europe averages at
28%).
"We have
worked with the best partners in the
industry and brought leading international
suppliers to the Middle East &endash;some
for the first time- to achieve this
high-level of efficiency order to offer a
unique proposition that empowers people
travelling to and from Kuwait," added
Boodai. (MORE)
Schedule
for flights starting November
16
DESTINATION FREQUENCY FARES
STARTING AT (ONE WAY)
Dubai 7-days
a week KD 22
Beirut 7-days
a week KD 30
Amman 3-days
a week KD 29
Damascus 7-days
a week KD 30
Bahrain 7-days
a week KD 10
About
Jazeera Airways (K.S.C)
Jazeera
Airways is a Kuwait Public Shareholding
Company established in 2004 with a capital
of KD 10 million raised through an Initial
Public Offering, making it the only
privately owned airline in the Middle
East. Based on a low fare business model
that maximises across the board efficiency
in operations, Jazeera Airways enables
travellers to fly without a ticket and
book through the web and SMS, giving
travellers more independence, spontaneity,
and fares up to 50% less than
market.
Starting
October 2005, Jazeera Airways' fleet of
new A320 aircraft will fly to some of the
most popular destinations for both
business and leisure in the Middle East
and South Asia, including Dubai, Beirut,
Bahrain, Damascus, Amman, Luxor and
Alexandria, all to and from Kuwait.
Passengers are able to book via
jazeeraairways.com, travel agents or call
or SMS the Jazeera Airways reservation
number 177 ( or *177# for SMS) to receive
a booking reference number for easy,
ticket-free check in.
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