Jordan Airports Company has signed an operating agreement with Kuwait's Jazeera Airways to operate scheduled commercial flights from Amman Civil Airport, after the airport earlier obtained a civil license for commercial operation from the Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission.
The agreement was signed by Jordan Airports Company Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Al-Azzam and Jazeera Airways Chief Executive Officer Barathan Pasupathi. Al-Azzam explained that the agreement represents a step toward relaunching Amman Civil Airport as part of an operating plan targeting low-cost airlines, according to the website of the Jordan News Agency (Petra).
Al-Azzam noted that Amman Civil Airport will operate as a support airport to Queen Alia International Airport, adding that the airport's civil license came after it completed the safety, security and logistics requirements approved by the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission.
He added that Jordan Airports Company expects the number of passengers using the airport to reach around 1 million next year, while it works to raise capacity to 1.5 million passengers by 2027.
In the same context, Jazeera Airways CEO Barathan Pasupathi said the choice of Amman Civil Airport was due to its proximity to the center of the capital and the flexible access it offers passengers. He added that the company has served the Jordanian market for more than 20 years as part of a network of about 70 destinations, carrying around 5 million passengers a year, including nearly 250,000 passengers to and from Amman.
He added that the Amman-Kuwait route is among the routes the company expects to grow in the coming period in light of the agreement signed with Jordan Airports Company.
For its part, Jazeera Airways announced that the agreement marks a new milestone in strengthening air connectivity between Kuwait and Jordan, noting that it will be the first airline to operate scheduled commercial flights from Amman Civil Airport in the coming period, according to a post on the company's LinkedIn account.
