New Delhi, August 21 :

Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s national airline, will start three flights a week to Kochi in Kerala from August 30 with fares starting at $35.

The low cost Jazeera Airways began operations to India last July with direct flights to Mumbai and New Delhi. It will fly to Kochi, the commercial hub of Kerala, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the airline said in a statement today.

“Kochi is an important addition to our tourist destinations. The city is rated in the top three tourist destinations by the World Travel and Tourism Council and featured in National Geographic Traveller’s ‘50 greatest places of a lifetime’,” said Jazeera Airways vice-president

for Industry Affairs Bader Al Mershed.

“The Kochi route is part of Jazeera Airways’ aggressive expansion after receiving two brand new aircraft from Airbus in June and July bringing the airline’s total number of aircraft to four new Airbus A320s with all leather seating.”