Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways launching Belgrade flights


Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways will commence a new two weekly service between Kuwait City and Belgrade, linking the two with scheduled flights for the first time in over fifteen years, when operations were last maintained by Jat Airways. Jazeera will commence services on June 17, with flights to run each Tuesday and Friday, departing Kuwait, and each Wednesday and Saturday from Belgrade. Operations will be maintained until September 23. Flights will be operated by an single-cabin Airbus A320 aircraft, with the capacity to seat 168 passengers. Tickets are already on sale through the airline’s website.

Kuwait City was Belgrade’s busiest unserved route in the Middle East until the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Serbian citizens require a visa to enter Kuwait, however, it is considered a formality, with visas issued on arrival at Kuwait International Airport. On the other hand, Kuwaiti citizens do not require a visa to enter Serbia, making it one of just a few in Europe with a visa-free policy towards the Gulf state.

Jazeera Airways is Kuwait’s second largest airline and the country’s largest private carrier. It has the status of Kuwait’s second national airline. It serves more than fifty destinations across the Middle East, Central and South Asia and Europe, operating a fleet of Airbus A320 and A320neo aircraft - all fitted with leather seats. In June 2018, Jazeera was the first airline in the Middle East to introduce the A320neo into service. Jazeera Airways owns and operates its own terminal (Terminal 5) at Kuwait International Airport ensuring an enhanced passenger experience with dedicated check-in, fast immigration and short transfer distances. On board, the airline offers a buy on board service, as well as complimentary in-flight entertainment with overhead monitors. Passengers can upgrade their seat selection to either Priority seats (rows 4-6) with 31-inch seat pitch which allow priority boarding, Preferred seats (rows 7-10) with 31-inch seat pitch or XL/extra legroom seats (rows 11-12) with 36-inch seat pitch.

Further flight details for the new Kuwait City - Belgrade service can be found here.



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  1. Anonymous12:20

    Great news!

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    1. Anonymous17:31

      Indeed! Bravo BEG!!!

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  2. Anonymous12:20

    Hmm and we were just talking how Air Serbia should start this route.

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    1. Anonymous12:25

      Not really, if they open a route which is longer than 3h of flight, this pretty much means that the plane used can be in the air for only 2 daily rotations, as it would miss the next departure wave. And with the feet issues that they have, they can't really afford that

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    2. Anonymous12:29

      With their disastrous fleet planning it could never happen.

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    3. Anonymous16:17

      @12:25, Air Serbia does not have any feet issues, as far as know.

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  3. Anonymous12:21

    Excellent. BEG will be linked to Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait in the Gulf. Not bad.

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    1. Anonymous12:23

      Saudi Arabia is missing.

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    2. Anonymous12:24

      It's missing because Serbian citizens can only enter Saudi Arabia if they have an invitation for business. Serbian citizens can't enter Saudi Arabia for tourism.

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    3. Anonymous12:36

      Didn't know that. Thanks.

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    4. Anonymous12:37

      What a weirdos...

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    5. Anonymous12:42

      Well it's like that because until 2 years ago it was like that for basically every nationality. Saudi Arabia did not encourage tourism and officially had no tourism except for Hajj. They are only now letting citizens from EU, US, UK and Australia enter without a visa. Peculiarly Montenegro somehow made it on that list too (probably in return for visa free entry into Montenegro during the simmer) . But Saudi is opening up so I expect more countries to be granted visa free or visa on arrival travel in the near future.

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  4. Anonymous12:22

    Wow those are horrible times

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    1. Anonymous12:23

      They are aimed at connections I believe.

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    2. Anonymous12:29

      No, they are aimed at Kuwaitis. Last year there was quite a number of Kuwaiti tourists in Serbia.

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  5. Anonymous12:26

    Great. There have been rumors about KWI-BEG for the past year now. Glad it is happening.

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  6. Anonymous12:27

    Kuwaiti tourists ? As SJJ?

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    1. Anonymous12:36

      Yes

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    2. Anonymous12:51

      800 euros? Wow! I flew with QR last month BEG-JRO and then DAR-BEG for that price.

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    3. Anonymous13:24

      It's 400 euros for the return ticket, luggage included 2x30kg per person.

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  7. Anonymous12:27

    The fares are not expensive at all. They are currently selling their most expensive ticket (which includes baggage and other extras) and return fare is 380 euros. Not bad for a 4 and half hour intercontinental flight.

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    1. Anonymous12:35

      It is a great price, especially considering QR is selling tickets from Kuwait to Belgrade this summer in economy for 800 euros and not such great connection times.

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    2. Anonymous12:40

      €800?!

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    3. Anonymous12:51

      800 euros? Wow! I flew with QR last month BEG-JRO and then DAR-BEG for that price.

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    4. Anonymous12:54

      It is likely they will change prices now with Jazeera starting flight. For example their Dubai flights from Belgrade are often cheaper than Flydubai.

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  8. Anonymous12:29

    So they offer connecting flights?

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  9. Anonymous12:36

    Excellent. Great to see another new airline at BEG.

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    1. Anonymous12:42

      Hopefully we see some more :)

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    2. Anonymous12:44

      This is the third new foreign airline that has announced flights to BEG this year.

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    3. Anonymous12:57

      airBaltic, Jazeera and who is third?

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    4. Anonymous12:59

      Aeroitalia

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  10. Anonymous12:44

    There have been a lot of new foreign airline launching flights to BEG in the last 3 years when you look at it - Luxair, KLM, Air Baltic, Air France, Jazeera Airways, Hainan Airlines, Aeroitalia... not bad

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    1. Anonymous13:49

      Hope they keep them coming

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  11. Anonymous12:46

    For anyone going to Kuwait from Serbia, just watch your payments with debit or credit cards :D Kuwait currency has decimals in it which my Serbian bank could not recognize. So when I made a payment for 20.5 Kuwaiti dinars (60 euros), the bank charged me 205 Kuwaiti dinars (615 euros). Thankfully after a few calls with the bank they fixed it :D

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    1. Anonymous12:48

      That is one strong currency!

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    2. Anonymous12:49

      Out of curiosity, did you go for business or leisure?

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    3. Anonymous12:55

      Leisure, was visiting a few countries in the Middle East last year. I liked Kuwait. Quite different from the rest of the Gulf states like Bahrain, UAE and Qatar.

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    4. Anonymous13:01

      Good tip and ouch. That must have been a nasty shock. Good you managed to sort it out.

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    5. Anonymous13:23

      I also liked Kuwait. Visited just before Covid (February 2020). Flew with Etihad there at the time.

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  12. Anonymous12:54

    Love it!

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  13. Anonymous12:55

    Now we need Muscat :D

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    1. Anonymous13:02

      Salam Air is a possibility somewhere down the line.

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    2. Anonymous23:10

      What about Bahrain.

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  14. Anonymous13:01

    Long overdue

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  15. Anonymous13:02

    Does Kuwait Airways codeshare with anyone to BEG?

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    1. Anonymous13:03

      No. They used to codeshare on Etihad's flight to Belgrade but that ended when Etihad ended flights.

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  16. Anonymous13:03

    This summer will be crazy in BEG!

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    1. Anonymous13:12

      +1

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    2. Anonymous13:49

      I think 7 million passengers is achievable this year.

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    3. Anonymous14:35

      Anonymous 13:49
      LOL, no way.

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    4. Anonymous14:37

      Why not exactly? Alnost 30 new routes and numerous frequency increases this year. They will reach 7 million.

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    5. Anonymous15:03

      Actually, it's not almost 30, rather 31 compared to last summer! Those 31 routes are bringing 100 new weekly flights. Note that Tianjin still hasn't been scheduled for summer, so it will be likely be even more flights. Furthermore, JU is about to announce 3 more routes, which will likely bring new flights to level 110. Then there come massive increasing of existing routes, which will bring up to 200 new weekly flights during summer season!

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    6. Anonymous16:10

      Even better. And there will be more new routes for sure.

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    7. Anonymous18:27

      Let's wait and see about Aeroitalia. I'm not so confident they will survive untill anounced flights.

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    8. JATBEGMEL00:28

      @18,27

      It would hardly be a dent in numbers if they don't end up launching. An ATR route at 2 pw with 70 seats and 100% CLF would bring about 8.260 pax.

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  17. Anonymous13:08

    Does Jazeera still fly to Sarajevo?

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    1. Anonymous13:25

      They do, seasonally. Up to 4x per week.

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    2. Anonymous13:33

      Nice thanks

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    3. Anonymous16:25

      Jazeera Airways Kuwait (KWI) – Sarajevo (SJJ) number of flights by month
      April-8 flights
      May-18 flights
      June-28 flights
      July-34 flights
      August-36 flights
      September-22 flights
      October-0 flights
      Total-146 flights
      Number of seats offered 23.652

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  18. Anonymous13:24

    Is there a Serbian community in Kuwait?

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    1. Anonymous13:27

      Yes there is and we are very very happy with this news!!

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    2. Anonymous14:54

      What kind of jobs are people from Serbia doing in Kuwait?

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    3. Anonymous16:11

      Mostly medical professionals - doctors and nurses, some engineers and architects as well as construction workers.

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  19. Anonymous13:26

    I wonder how most people get to there now from Belgrade

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  20. Anonymous13:34

    Would have preferred Kuwait Airways but this will do.

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  21. Anonymous13:35

    Anyone ever flown with them?

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    1. Anonymous13:56

      There is a trip report here on them!

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/05/trip-report-kuwait-city-skopje-via.html

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  22. Anonymous13:36

    Remember those Jat Airways flights to Kuwait. They used to continue to Dubai. And they even had fifth freedom rights between Kuwait and Dubai.

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  23. Anonymous13:38

    Hope these flights work out

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  24. Anonymous13:39

    Are they an LCC or no?

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    1. Anonymous13:43

      No. They are full carrier. They are offering many connections via KWI.

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    2. Anonymous13:45

      They have their own terminal in KWI which is real plus for transfers especially. Also they have business class on some of their planes.

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  25. Anonymous13:47

    Unexpected

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  26. Anonymous13:54

    I mean is there demand for these flights?

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    1. Anonymous13:55

      Well it was BEG's busiest unserved route in the Middle East before Covid.

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  27. Anonymous14:01

    These flights are primarily for Kuwaitis holidaying in Serbia. There will be tour groups.

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  28. Anonymous14:05

    Looking at the times BEG will be really busy in the late evening wave from 11pm. Lots of flights arriving and departing

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    1. Anonymous14:14

      That's good because it relieves pressure from the airport during the busier hours of the day.

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  29. Anonymous14:13

    Fares are good

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    1. Anonymous14:16

      They are certainly competative, especially with this being a nonstop flight.

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  30. Anonymous14:25

    Greece I think.

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  31. Anonymous14:28

    No, they need visa for Greece. It is visa free for Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and Belarus and visa on arrival for UK and Russia.

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  32. Anonymous14:34

    BEG would be Jazeera's only European destination other than IST.

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    1. Anonymous14:35

      They fly to Sarajevo seasonally.

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    2. Anonymous14:36

      I didn't know that Sarajevo, Munich, Prague, Tirana and Vienna are not in Europe :)

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  33. Anonymous14:35

    They need visa for all EU countries.

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  34. Anonymous14:51

    Bravo for Serbia. That's the proper way of attracting tourists. Just remove the visas and demand increases. Neighboring countries should learn from the policy of Serbia.

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    1. Anonymous17:35

      +100!

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    2. Anonymous23:23

      Bosnia has these flights for years.

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  35. Anonymous15:10

    Bomba!

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  36. Anonymous16:09

    Like most Gulf countries.

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  37. Anonymous21:05

    Yes, the Kuwait Towers were built by RAD.

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  38. Anonymous21:07

    Also, Energoprojekt built a complex building for 14 ministries of the Kuwaiti government, as well as the military hospital.

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  39. Anonymous22:43

    ^ Those were exciting times !
    I miss the 1970s ..

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  40. Anonymous23:09

    Really glad these are starting. Hopefully they can expand ops in years to come

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  41. Anonymous23:10

    Times long gone unfortunately

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  42. I wonder if this route will be profitable

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    1. Anonymous08:19

      If tourists start coming to Serbia then I don't see why it wouldn't be. O&D demand is always good for yields.

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  43. Anonymous08:18

    They are selling flights to Dubai from Belgrade via KWI for €440. Not bad.

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    1. Anonymous09:22

      I wonder what Emirates must he thinking.

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