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Jazeera Airways,
a new privately owned airline in Kuwait, has placed a firm order with Airbus for four A320s and taken options on four
more.
Jazeera
Airways plans to begin services in February 2005 with two leased Airbus A320s, serving key business and leisure destinations throughout the Middle East. Initial destinations
include Dubai, Bahrain, Amman, Damascus, Beirut and Egypt, with further expansion planned to include cities in the Indian subcontinent. Deliveries of the ordered
aircraft will begin in October 2005.
Each of Jazeera’s A320s will seat 165 passengers in an single-class layout. A choice of engines has yet to be made.
“Jazeera Airways will deliver value for money products and services, and our passengers will enjoy the superb reliability and comfort that the Airbus A320 will offer,”
says Jazeera Airways Chairman and CEO, Marwan Boodai.
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