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Jazeera Airways J9

Jazeera Airways (code J9) is an airline based in Kuwait. A full-service carrier — the fare usually includes a checked bag, a meal and seat selection.

IATA codeJ9
ICAO codeJZR
Home countryKuwait
CallsignJAZEERA
The airline in numbers

Jazeera Airways — facts & history

We gathered Jazeera Airways's numbers from the open datasets, flying since 2005.

Founded
2005
21 years ago
Headquarters
Farwaniya

Jazeera Airways K.S.C is a Kuwaiti low-cost airline with its head office on the premises of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. It operates scheduled services in the Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Europe. Its main base is Kuwait International Airport. The airline has grown since its launch to become Kuwait's second national airline. Jazeera Airways is one of the largest operators at Kuwait Airport, having handled a quarter of all aircraft movements and passengers at the airport during July 2009. According to the July 2009 report issued by Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation's, Jazeera Airways had the largest number of aircraft movement in the month with 1,834 take-offs and landings, 4% higher in terms of aircraft movement than the second-largest carrier.

Background: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · figures: Wikidata (CC0)

Route network

Where Jazeera Airways flies

Main bases (by number of routes): הוואלי (KWI) · מוחראק (BAH) · ביירות (BEY) · קהיר (CAI) · דובאי (DWC) · אזורי אסיווט אינטרנשיונל איירפורט (אסיווט) (ATZ)

Key destinations

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Q&A

Answers to your questions

Which alliance is Jazeera Airways in?
Jazeera Airways is not part of any of the three major alliances.
What is Jazeera Airways's flight code?
The IATA code is J9, the ICAO code is JZR.
Where does Jazeera Airways operate most of its flights from?
The main base is Kuwait (KWI), then Bahrain (BAH). In total the airline serves about 16 destinations.

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