Jazeera Airways second destination in Africa
Jazeera Airways is one of the fastest growing private airlines in the Middle East. Resilient in the midst of the health crisis, it is pursuing its growth plan with an interest now focused on Africa.
“Discover Ethiopia's bustling capital with flights to Addis Ababa starting March 16. It was through this message posted on its social media on February 27 that Jazeera Airways announced the opening of a route between Kuwait and Ethiopia. The Kuwaiti private company will offer 2 weekly flights (Tuesdays and Saturdays) between the two capitals. The service will be provided with its homogeneous Airbus A320-200 / neo fleet. Jazeera Airways will compete on the Kuwait-Addis Ababa route with Ethiopian Airlines, which currently offers two flights per week in the Boeing 737-700. Once the trips are effective, Ethiopia will become the second African country served by Jazeera Airways.
Until then, its only corridor to the mainland leads to Egypt. But it has been suspended since February 7, "until further notice". This is the consequence of a decision taken by Kuwait, and prohibiting access to its territory to all non-Kuwaitis. This with the exception of first-degree relatives of Kuwaitis and their companions, domestic workers and workers registered on the Belsalamah.com platform. Founded in April 2004, Jazeera Airways is now Kuwait's second largest carrier. Owned by Boodai Group, it serves some thirty destinations in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. It operates a mixed fleet of 17 A320-200 and A320neo aircraft. In 2019, Jazeera Airways achieved a net profit of $ 49 million (+ 124.1%), its best result since launch. That year, it carried 2.4 million passengers. For 2020, she recorded a net loss of $ 87.3 million.
