Ask Jazeera Airways
Yesterday I got an email from a reader of my blog who works at Jazeera Airways. He read some of the comments on the post 5KD to Bahrain and Dubai and noticed many people had questions about the airline. So, he has volunteered to answer any questions you put forward to him about the airlines. I will take all your questions which you can post below in the comments section and I then will forward it to him.
I will start by asking the first question: Does Jazeera Airways have any plans of expanding their flights to Europe and North America?
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Oct 4, 2006
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41 Comments, add your own...
1. Yazeed | October 4th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
i second mark’s question!
2. fofo | October 4th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
why its not allowed now to book a ticket to amman in Februay whereby other destinations are possible?
3. CyberRowdy | October 4th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
why do you charge 1 KD for credit card orders?
4. CyberRowdy | October 4th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
suggestion:when I select the fly from and fly to, the site should only show the dates on which you have flights to that destinations…you may check airarabia’s site.
5. Jaggo | October 4th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
how jazeera make money when tickets are cheap?
6. Bashir | October 4th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
hello i checked out its one way 5 K.D but somehow you need to come back with 35 K.D sow total 40.Kd but they are smart
7. Mark | October 4th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Bashir one way ticket to Dubai including tax would be 11KD.
Two way ticket, Kuwait – Dubai – Kuwait would be KD33 including tax.
8. Bashir | October 4th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
sow round trip 33K.d
9. Bashir | October 4th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
sorry mark i just got it with their website total 33K.D thats really cheap im going to see my unt HAhahaaa
10. Marzouq | October 4th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Cool! Ask them will they have hot air attendents? Like the ones from tv and stuff.. I would fly with them more if thats the case!
11. Pink Panther | October 4th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Jazeera is cool, I like thier promotions and specially the “I LOVE LEBANON” t-shirt thing they did at the airport
12. holla | October 4th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
where is the guy that is supposed to answer these questions?
13. CyberRowdy | October 4th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
holla, he made use of the offer and chilling out in Dubai!
14. Mark | October 5th, 2006 at 12:36 am
the guy will answer the questions when I email them to him. It will be a seperate post, he is not gonna reply here in the comments.
15. holla | October 5th, 2006 at 1:12 am
lol he should give us free tix to dubai. i mean come on it’s just like 5KD heheh
16. Moey | October 5th, 2006 at 1:45 am
oh okay..
17. Pink Panther | October 5th, 2006 at 2:20 am
i bet mark is getting some free tickets – remember your bloggers when you travel
18. KtheKuwaiti | October 5th, 2006 at 3:07 am
CyberRowdy:
Kuwaiti Banks (with payment gateways) charge a high-er amount when using Credit Cards. Knet fees are set by the KNET people .. the CreditCards carry a higher fee. Jazeera passes on the convenience of the card to its customers.
19. Fuzzy | October 5th, 2006 at 5:23 am
Ajazeera All the way, they Rule big time !
Aljazeera Airline is a discount Airliner, they make money by being airborn most of the time and not leaving their planes and staff on ground like Kuwait airways hehehe
20. Mark | October 5th, 2006 at 8:25 am
unless i get tickets to like europe or north american i am not interested lol
21. HS | October 5th, 2006 at 8:31 am
Can’t we just call them on 177 & ask! should get a quick reply :)
22. erzulie | October 5th, 2006 at 8:37 am
I think that they don’t fly to Europe or N.A. (for now) because it’s too expensive and they’re known for their cheap prices.
But maybe for Europe…I suppose that they can have a separate schedule for European flights (and not to N.A. because that can hike up the prices) with higher prices, but it would be something exclusive. I think they are marketing themselves to be the safest, cheapest, and most convenient airline in the Middle East. And it’s working.
23. CyberRowdy | October 5th, 2006 at 8:43 am
K, so you mean sultan center is accepting the loss when I buy a 2 KD item with c-card?
and knet fee? whots that? you mean the bank accepts the charge on behalf of us?
24. Menon | October 5th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Knet charges the companies 2% of whateva (KD 1 or even KD 500)…
Major retailers like Sultan center, they can charge as less as 0.5%…
25. Mark | October 5th, 2006 at 9:26 am
According to Knet who were a client of mine like 3 or 4 years ago, Knet does NOT take any money. Its a free service. Anyone who takes extra cash from you because you use Knet you should report it to them.
Knet is opened by the banks.
Visa on the other hand, they charge I believe 4% per transaction and thats why Jazeera Airways takes 1KD if you use Visa but don’t charge you a penny for using Knet.
26. Mark | October 5th, 2006 at 9:29 am
just called Knet up now to check and see if their system changed. Turns out it hasn’t, Knet still does not charge shops for Knet usage.
27. Cajie | October 5th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Mark,
Even though KNET is opened by the banks, it operates as a separate business entity – and they make their money by charging the banks a small fee for every transaction that goes through their system. It may be the 50 fils referred earlier in the thread.
28. Mark | October 5th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
nope they dont. not a single penny.
29. A380 Maniac | October 5th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
So when do Jazeera Airways officially adopt Kuwait Airways(minus its staff)as the orphan no one else would have??
Further and more, can we look forward to low cost flights to the holy cities- Mecca and Medina as well?
30. Cajetan Barretto | October 6th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Someone’s got to pay the salaries of KNET staff, high-availabiltity servers, networks, infrastructure etc…
Either banks pay a flat fee or based on transaction volume. But someone’s paying.
I remember someone telling me that it is based on transaction volume, which makes sense since smaller banks would suffer if it was based on a flat fee.
31. zaydoun | October 8th, 2006 at 10:31 am
I love Jazeera and I’m a huge fan. It’s the only airline that leaves 15 minutes AHEAD of schedule.. It’s happened to me 3 times to Dubai and yes my watch was working correctly.
I also love how easy it is to book. No wastas and all online
I doubt they would expand to Europe and North America since their whole business model is built on low cost short-haul flights. However, I would love them to add Istanbul to their route since getting there is such a pain in the ass from here!
My only issue with them is their name:
1. It’s obvious no thought went into choosing it, beyond a 5-minute board meeting
2. Negative associations with our “favourite” TV channel
3. Since the name refers to Arabian Peninsula, the name limits its geographical spread.. even though it hasn’t stopped them
32. Kamasutra for Beginners | October 9th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Since Jazeera Airways are eyeing the Indian sub-continent and Egypt for the lion’s share of their revenue it is ludicrous that they let slip Assuit, Luxor, Mumbai, New Delhi and Cochin from their route map on the homepage.
As for the name, it has a fantastic recall appeal and the man on the Arab street who identifies readily with the supposedly infamous news channel will be only too glad to fly an airline that name.
33. Reading Lolita in Jidda | October 11th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
1) How long will it be before Jazeera break even?
2) Why is it taking forever to launch flights to Cairo?
3) We are cocksure Q8 Airways must be trying very hard to make life difficult for Jazeera by unscrupulous means. Please refute or substantiate.
34. Dawood | November 2nd, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Dear Sir, I would lke to know that will you start new flights for Ahemdaabad and Udaipur in India ??
35. mustafa tatiwala | November 27th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
How I got my status of book ticket
How I got a book ticket if I delete my mail and ticket is lost/damage but if I know PNR Number
36. khalid | December 6th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
can you all put offers for jazzera like five KD four inbound and 5 KD four outband and makesure that the advirtisement is showin in the newapaper!!!!
37. deepesh | December 9th, 2006 at 8:35 pm
i need a job
38. Alavi | December 10th, 2006 at 9:42 am
Hai,
I heard about your flight from one of my friend, please forward me the fare rate from Bahrain to Cochin (including tax) to the above id ASAP.
Regards
Alavi
39. ali | December 16th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
salam
i would like to know which days are the flightes between kuwait and mashhad ?
40. Mark | December 16th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
what the fuck is up with you people, this is not the Jazeera Airways website!
41. umer | January 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 am
pls tell when u will provides services to pakistani cities
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