Kuwait flag carrier launches flights to GCC countries via new Terminal 4
DGCA partakes in regional aviation safety meeting in Riyadh
By Mohammad Al-Mutairi and
Agencies KUWAIT CITY, Sept 30, (KUNA): Kuwait Airways flights heading to neighboring Gulf countries have begun taking off from Kuwait International Airport’s new Terminal 4 (T4), the national carrier said on Sunday.
The itinerary includes between 26 to 34 daily trips to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Kuwait Airways Chairman Yousef Al-Jassim told the press.
“By mid-November, Kuwait Airways should start launching flights out of T4 to Europe and the United States, in addition to the Indian Subcontinent and the Far East,” he revealed.
He was satisfied with flight operations at the new terminal thus far and with its capacity to accommodate four to five million travelers per year, putting Kuwait’s flag carrier on par with some of the world’s most renowned airlines.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Kuwait’s General Directorate for Civil Aviation Yousef Al-Fouzan told KUNA that flights to GCC destinations have successfully been launched out of the new terminal.
He pointed out that a team of experts is evaluating flight operations in an effort to pinpoint any hurdles that could encumber travel at the newly opened terminal.
Kuwait’s International Airport has seen a spike of up to 10 percent in passenger traffic with the completion of the sprawling terminal.
In the meantime, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will partake tomorrow in a regional meeting on civil aviation safety in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said a statement Sunday.
A statement by the DGCA, obtained by KUNA, said that the three-day meeting would focus on the latest developments within the aviation safety domain both on the regional and international levels.
The DGCA’s delegation will be headed by chairman Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Humoud Al-Sabah.
The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will host the meeting.