Kuwait, March 8, 2021: Jazeera Airways today announced the launch of a new route to
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, starting March 16th. This will be the second new service for the airline
in 2021. The route will connect Kuwait and Addis Ababa twice a week, offering connections
to the rest of the Middle East and Asia.

Rohit Ramachandran, CEO Jazeera Airways said, “We are pleased to continue with our
network expansion plans. There is a significant Ethiopian expatriate population living in
Kuwait and the across the region and opening this new route will provide them with a great
value option. Jazeera Airways has plans to launch a number of new routes during the year
as travel gradually returns around the world thanks to vaccinations rolling out.”

Passengers arriving in to Ethiopia must hold a negative RT PCR test certificate for COVID19 and must self-isolate for 14 days on arrival, either at their home or at a hotel.

Flights to Addis Ababa will be on Jazeera’s expanding fleet of new Airbus A320neo
aircraft, all equipped with hospital grade HEPA air filters. Jazeera Airways has also taken
every safety and precautionary measure on its aircraft and at Jazeera Terminal T5 in Kuwait
to ensure passengers fly safely.

Since the start of the pandemic, the airline has been at the forefront of supporting
government efforts to prevent its spread.

Jazeera placed its fleet at the disposal of the State of Kuwait and participated in the largest
air bridge repatriation program ever launched by the State of Kuwait. The airline operated
over 60 flights bringing home over 6,800 Kuwaiti citizens from around the world, as well
as converted its Park & Fly facility in record time into the first drive-through COVID-19 centre
in Kuwait for the use by the Ministry of Health. A second drive-through testing facility has
also been constructed by the Jazeera Airways team at the Jaber Al-Ahmad national
stadium.

The airline also continued to serve business without interruption by operating full-cargo
flights with a capacity of up to 15 tons per aircraft to bring in essential supplies to Kuwait.
Jazeera also operated flights scheduled under the directive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
by request from local embassies to fly expatriates traveling out of Kuwait.

 

By the end of June, Jazeera Airways announced offering 50,000 free round-trip tickets to
frontline heroes fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in the State of Kuwait. The total value of
these tickets is estimated at KD5 million.

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