Jazeera Airways launches Kochi-Dubai flight

Jazeera Airways, the Middle East's first private airline, Monday officially launched its non-stop flights between Kochi and Dubai. The airlines would operate its flights between the two cities thrice a week. Though Jazeera has been operating flights from Kochi to Dubai from March 25, the official launch took place Monday. Jazeera Airways, which began flights from Kuwait to Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi last year, operates 13 flights a week to these cities. Marwan Boodai, chairman and CEO of Jazeera Airways, said the company's increasing investment in India is a result of their commitment to connecting the Gulf to India and to bringing more traffic into tourism hub Kochi. "India is very diverse and Kochi is breathtaking with its backwaters and unique culture. That's not how people in the Gulf see Kochi and we are planning to change that by bridging the distance through our low fare schemes," said Boodai. Jazeera Airways had stimulated traffic from Kuwait to Alexandria by 194 percent, Aleppo by 207 percent, and Damascus by 65 percent by offering low fares to passengers, he said.

Courtesy: IANS

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