Muscat International Airport received the first flight of Kuwait's Jazeera Airways yesterday (November 2), a media report said.

Jazeera Airways will operate one weekly direct flight between Muscat and Kuwait City, reported Oman News Agency (ONA).

The inaugural flight was received with water rigs, as a salute to honour the maiden flight of Jazeera Airways, which is one of the low-budget airlines based in Kuwait.

Jazeera Airways is the first private airline established in Kuwait. It flies to more than 18 destinations in the Middle East, South and West Asia and Europe. It is the second national airline for the State of Kuwait after Kuwait Airways.