Kuwaiti private carrier Jazeera Airways has selected Lufthansa Technik AG to support its growing fleet of Airbus A320 airplanes. Over the next 10 years the German maintenance, repair & overhaul (MRO) provider will offer its Total Technical Support TTS® services to a minimum of four airplanes. Two Airbus A320 have been already delivered and two more will follow next summer. The agreement will also cover any additional airplane joining Jazeera Airways’ fleet in the future.
As part of the agreement Lufthansa Technik will provide encompassing engineering services and maintenance support at Jazeera Airways’ hub in Kuwait. In addition a complete component support covering all related parts and including a participation in Lufthansa Technik’s component pool rounds off the new cooperation. During the upcoming months the MRO specialist will assist Jazeera Airways in setting up and own EASA Part 145 certified line maintenance base.
“Our unique business model enables us to maximize cost efficiency through electronically integrated operations and innovative booking and ticketing systems as well as running a fleet of single type aircraft. Since part of our future success will also be a reliable and efficient operation we partnered with Lufthansa Technik, one of the most renowned providers in the industry”, says Marwan Boodai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jazeera Airways. “We are opening a new chapter in air travel in the Middle East region and from the beginning we have been selecting the best partners to help us”.
“As the latest start-up carrier in the Middle East region, Jazeera Airways operates already an ambitious network with special operation requirements for highly utilized airplanes. We are pleased of having been selected for this far-reaching maintenance agreement and to offer our complete support for the Airbus A320 fleet,” says August Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of the Executive Board, Lufthansa Technik AG. “The Middle East region seems to be one of the fastest growing markets in the aviation community and we aim to further participate in this increase”.
Jazeera Airways is the first privately owned airline in Kuwait and the Middle East. It was established in Kuwait in 2004 as a public shareholding company in suit of the Kuwaiti Government’s move to liberate the aviation sector. The airline operates its own brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, which are fitted with leather seats comfortably seating 165 passengers, who can enjoy ample leg space and real TV entertainment. Travellers also have the choice of purchasing a wide selection of food and beverages onboard. With arrival of the second airplane, the airline expanded its network to cover five destinations in total in the Middle East, these being: Dubai, Beirut, Amman, Damascus, Bahrain. The airline also has plans to begin flying to Alexandria, Luxor and the Indian Subcontinent in the near future.
