The airline is also considering acquiring the XLR version of the aircraft to add routes to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.

With regard to the airlines flying single-aisle flights from London to Thailand, Marwan Boodai, founder of Jazeera Airways told the media that, “When you go east you get a much wider market. You can reach Thailand and Manila and many other destinations with a high density that we can serve best as a low-cost carrier.”

He added, “We want the flexibility of a narrow-body and to be able to fill it, rather than the theoretical advantage of a wide-body.”

Jazeera Airway’s flight from London to Thailand will compete with Emirates which operates on the same route using much wider aircraft.

The demand for single-aisle or narrow-bodied aircraft are on the rise across the Atlantic, however, it is yet to penetrate the Asia-Europe market. According to Marwan Boodai, discount carriers like Jazeera Airways needs to use such aircraft as it helps to control capacity.

Earlier this month, the airline announced an 85 percent on-time performance with a high aircraft utilisation of 14.38 hours during the month of August. It operated 1,918 flights to 28 airports and carried around 263,800 passengers during the period.

The airline also announced that it will use CommSoft’s Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System (OASES) as its MRO software system.

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Since its introduction, T4 has also helped Kuwait International Airport to efficiently manage its operations in accordance with international standards. The airport also improved the service provided to passengers especially punctuality which exceeded around 90 percent.

It also helped the airport manage passenger traffic more efficiently which reached around 6 million during the previous summer season. The traffic was distributed among the four terminals and helped reduce the burden on the main terminal.

According to Kuwait Airways Chairman Yusuf Al Jassem, after T4 became operational, the punctuality rate of Kuwait Airways increased from 59 percent to 93 percent.

The T4 was inaugurated on July 4, 2018, by the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. It has a capacity to accommodate around 4.5 million passengers per year and contributes $60 million to annual state revenues. Commercial flights started operations at Kuwait Airport’s T4 on Aug 15, 2018.

Recently, US-based elevator manufacturer Otis has won a contract to supply 171 Gen 2 and 19 heavy-duty elevators for T2 at the Kuwait International Airport. The terminal is being developed by Limak Inşaat, a Turkish conglomerate, with major interests in construction, energy, cement, and tourism.

Once completed in 2022, the five-storey terminal building will have the capacity to accommodate around 25 million passengers annually.

Kuwait International Airport is the country’s main airport which is located in the south of Kuwait City.

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