Jazeera Airways cleared for take-off

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 -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.