Jazeera Airways operated its inaugural flight from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) Terminal 5 to Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY) on 26 May 2026, establishing the first-ever nonstop air link between Kuwait and northern Italy's Bergamo gateway. The service runs three times per week — Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays — using Airbus A320neo aircraft, with tickets available at jazeeraairways.com (Airline Routes & Ground Services).
Milan Bergamo (Orio al Serio), operated by SACBO, serves the broader Lombardy region and functions as a lower-cost international entry point to northern Italy alongside Milan Malpensa and Linate. Giacomo Cattaneo, Director of Commercial Aviation at SACBO, described Kuwait as "a dynamic market with strong potential" opening opportunities for tourism, business travel, and visiting-friends-and-relatives traffic (Air Service One).
The launch is part of Jazeera's 2026 strategy to extend its low-cost A320-family network into European leisure markets. The carrier operates to more than 34 destinations and is offering access to more than 60 destinations across two million summer 2026 seats (Aviation Week). The Milan Bergamo service is Jazeera's first connection to Italy and follows the airline's resumption of Kuwait operations in late April 2026 after a regional airspace suspension linked to the earlier conflict. A second European expansion — nonstop service to London Luton — is scheduled from 8 July 2026 (Connecting Travel).
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