Kuwait, Jazeera Airways Group today announced it will take delivery of a brand new Airbus A320 aircraft from the manufacturer’s A320 facility in Toulouse, France early next month, bringing the total number of its fleet to 13 aircraft. 

The company already took delivery of 12 Airbus A320s since 2005 out of an order of 15 aircraft of the same type. The company’s remaining two aircraft are scheduled for delivery in fourth quarter of 2013 and 2014.

There are over 5,500 A320 aircraft in operation by airlines across the world and over 3,900 aircraft scheduled for delivery over the coming years. 

Jazeera Airways Group is a Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed company with a fleet of 12 fully-owned Airbus A320s, distributed between its airline business, Jazeera Airways (six aircraft), and its fully-owned leasing-arm Sahaab Aircraft Leasing (six aircraft).  Sahaab has assets placed with Virgin America, SriLankan Airlines, Nasair and Jazeera Airways.

Jazeera Airways operates its six fully-owned Airbus A320s with a two-class cabin comprising a business class and an economy class.

Jazeera Airways is based in Kuwait and serves 19 destinations in the Middle East from Kuwait comprising business, leisure, family, and weekend destinations such as Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut, Alexandria, Amman, Istanbul, Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, Luxor, Mashhad, Sohag, Jeddah, Riyadh, Cairo and Al Najaf.