Jazeera Airways

History of Jazeera Airways

Jazeera Airways was incorporated by Amiri decree on 3 March 2004 as a Kuwaiti public shareholding company and started flying in 2005. It was set up as a low-cost airline offering air transport without the frills of a full-service carrier, and it later listed on the Kuwait stock market.

The airline runs its own airport terminal at Kuwait International Airport, Jazeera Terminal 5, which it operates and maintains under its licence from Kuwait's civil aviation authority. Its fleet is built around the Airbus A320 family, including the newer A320neo, which it first deployed on its Dubai route.

Jazeera's parent is Boodai Reliance Real Estate Company. In 2025 the airline marked 20 years of operations and reported the strongest profit in its history, carrying 5 million passengers, raising its market share at Kuwait to about 30% and adding routes such as Abha, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Budapest, Damascus, Sarajevo, Sochi, Yerevan and Hurghada.

Its passenger service system is Navitaire New Skies, and in October 2025 it added Amadeus SRM Flex to move to network-based revenue management that suits its Kuwait hub.

Fleet

Aircraft types in service as of 2025

Jazeera Airways had 23 aircraft at the end of 2025, all from the Airbus A320 family, and reported average daily aircraft utilisation of 12.4 hours. It is moving to a standard 180-seat layout with lighter seats, due to be complete by summer 2026, and management has described A320neo and A321neo aircraft as its growth fleet.

Network and hubs

Jazeera flies from its own Terminal 5 at Kuwait International Airport (KWI). In 2025 it served 78 destinations, up from 70, across the Gulf, the Levant, Egypt, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe.

New routes in 2025 included Abha, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Budapest, Damascus, Sarajevo, Sochi, Yerevan and Hurghada. It held about 30% of the Kuwait market that year. For local context see the Kuwait travel software page.