Jazeera, which is the first private airline in West Asia, is competing with the state-owned Kuwait Airways and has started its initial operations with a quota of 1300 seats each week. It would be operating three and six flights each week to Delhi and Mumbai respectively, its Chairman and CEO Marwan Boodai told reporters here.
The airline, which now has three airbus A-320s, would add another by this weekend and one more in the next six months, he said, adding that Jazeera has already placed firm orders for ten A-320s with options for another six.
Asked about the Indian cities it planned to launch operations from, Boodai said the airline would like to add Hyderabad and one more destination to begin with. "It will depend on the bilateral air service talks between India and Kuwait later this month. But we are looking at many more destinations including Hyderabad".
Qatar Airways will soon increase its Hyderabad operations from four days a week now as part of its India expansion in view of the increasing out-bound traffic. Currently, it operates 30 flights a week into India, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
