CAIRO: Potential travelers in Egypt are getting a boost as Kuwait's low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways announced it was looking to enter the North African market. The airlines said that it wants to boost non-Gulf region flights as travelers continue to choose other carriers in the region. Egypt, the company said, could be a new area to focus on with the country beginning to show signs of positive economic growth. Data from Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed the airline was the leading airline between Kuwait and the five Egyptian cities it served. Results for April showed the airline captured a 35 percent market share on the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 47 percent market share on the Kuwait-Assiut route, a 64 percent on the Kuwait-Luxor route, a 56 percent market share on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route, and 39 percent market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route. The airline also increases its market share on the Kuwait-Cairo route to 26 percent, an all-time high since it first launched the route on May 18, 2011. “The focus on low yield, higher traffic volume to Egyptian cities has helped Jazeera Airways," said Saj Ahmad, chief analyst at StrategicAero Research. “But relying on that sort of revenue will not be conducive to long term sustainability, especially as Egypt is likely to focus on building its core airline businesses in the wake of the new presidency to tackle unemployment."
