KUWAIT - Jazeera Airways released its October 2013 operational performance report today, which showed that the airline on-time performance (OTP) during the month of October 2013, with a performance of 94.55 percent, as rated  by the US-based flight tracker, FlightStats.

The October 2013 report, also includes figures from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA), that  show a 5 percent increase in total flown passengers from October last year driven by an increase in flown passengers to the popular destinations of Dubai, Beirut, Amman and Bahrain.

Jazeera Airways saw a 47 percent increase in flown passengers on the Kuwait-Beirut route in October, compared to the same month last year. The airline captured a 40 percent market share on the route in October 2013. 

The report also shows that Jazeera Airways was the leading airline serving the Kuwait-Amman route during that month with a 41 percent market share. The airline’s flown passengers increased by 38 percent from October 2012. 

On the Kuwait-Dubai route, Jazeera Airways saw a 4 percent increase in flown passengers from October last year. The airline captured a 13 percent market share on the route in October 2013.

Flown passengers on the Kuwait-Bahrain route increased by 17 percent, as the airline captured a 12 percent market share.

The report also shows that Jazeera Airways was again the leading airline serving the Egyptian cities of Sharm El Sheikh with a 45 percent market share, Luxor with a 71 percent market share, and Sohag with a 42 percent market share. 

For the rest of its Egyptian routes, Jazeera Airways captured a 24 percent market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route, a 17 percent market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, and a 48 percent market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route. 

On routes serving Saudi Arabia, Jazeera Airways captured a 13 percent market share on the Kuwait-Jeddah route, a 5 percent increase from its market share in October 2012. The airline captured an 11 percent market share on the Kuwait-Riyadh route.

Route	Jazeera Airways market share - October 2013	Number of airlines serving route in October 2013
Al Najaf route	0.76	2
Alexandria route	0.17	6
Amman route	0.41	4
Assiut route	0.48	2
Bahrain route	0.12	4
Beirut route	0.4	3
Cairo route	0.24	3
Dubai route	0.13	4
Istanbul route	0.04	2
Jeddah route	0.13	4
Luxor route	0.71	2
Mashhad route	0.11	8
Riyadh route	0.11	3
Sharm El Sheikh route	0.45	3
Sohag route	0.42	4