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Fly cheap, with class.

Flying off to Dubai for a day, or spending the weekend in Cyprus is no longer a far fetched luxury. With round trips costing less than what a taxi would charge for driving you from Heathrow Airport to Knightsbridge, even a day trip sounds pretty reasonable. The two obvious choices in Kuwait are Jazeera Airways and Wataniya Ariways. Both have great websites, competitive prices and new airplanes. I think it’s even safe to call them the safest Kuwaiti based airlines.

I’ve tried both and out of the two, Wataniya is by far my favorite. You have free land transportation all the way when you book first class, the lounge still has a smoking room, the inflight entertainment system is superb, the food is actually good and the crew are very professional. Even in premier economy, you still get a free meal, more legroom and the airport itself is actually like a big first class lounge. Wataniya Airways use Sheikh Saad terminal pictured above, it’s actually the terminal used for private jets and is a seperate building from Kuwaiti airport altogether. I think Wataniya’s slogan should be; “Fly cheap, with class!” ;) Seriously, even there ads are classy.

Jazeera’s ads are more of a fly cheap effectively. They probably have the edge when it comes to effective marketing. Mass emails, newspaper ads, the internet and even the radio. I mean even google finds Jazeera easier, click the above picture to see what I mean. Using watania as a tag word for jazeera airways! How sneaky smart is that? Jazeera also cost a little less in some cases but remember to read the fine print. I mean who travels without luggage? With the light fare, you actually have to pay for carry on luggage! Nonetheless, they are still a great airline and I would still fly on them.  One of the things I appreciated was the punctuality, I don’t see them advertising that anymore and just hope it’s not because they’ve lost that too.

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