=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2005/10/30/financial/= f125231S95.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, October 30, 2005 (AP) Kuwait's Jazeera Airways Begins Flying (10-30) 12:52 PST KUWAIT CITY, (AP) -- Kuwait's Jazeera Airways, the country's first private airline, flew its first flight Sunday to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The low-fare airline will also fly to Beirut, Bahrain, Damascus and Amma= n. It plans to expand its destinations to Egypt and India. Kuwait Airways is government owned but there are plans to privatize it. Jazeera has taken delivery of one Airbus A320, and it expects to have three more by June. Jazeera Airways was established as a shareholding company last year with a capital of 10 million dinars ($34 million). Company Chairman Marwan Boodai said the company was launched after 18 months of preparation. "We are starting operations on schedule with some flights booked at 80 percent capacity," Boodai said in an announcement. ------------------------= ---------------------------------------------- Copyright 2005 AP