Kuwait to resume international flights
Kuwait’s international airport will re-open commercial flights to 20 countries from August 1 in a three-stage re-opening, five months after it halted operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) flights in below regions are to be resumed:
|
Sr. |
Country |
Continent |
|
1. |
UAE |
Asia |
|
2. |
Bahrain |
Asia |
|
3. |
Oman |
Asia |
|
4. |
Lebanon |
Asia |
|
5. |
Sri Lanka |
Asia |
|
6. |
Pakistan |
Asia |
|
7. |
India |
Asia |
|
8. |
Philippines |
Asia |
|
9. |
Ehiopia |
Africa |
|
10. |
UK |
Europe |
|
11. |
Germany |
Europe |
|
12. |
Switzerland |
Europe |
The government’s three-stage re-opening took into account the importance of following to preventive and precautionary health measures to protect travellers as well as airport staff, state news agency KUNA said. It would be six months for each phase to resume flights.
The first phase, which starts Saturday, will have Kuwait International Airport operating at 30% capacity. The airport on second stage, which starts February 2021, will increase its capacity to 60% and will handle a maximum 20,000 passengers and 200 flights per day. The airport will then shift to full operations by August.
Protocols put into place would include random check for arrivals, submission of travel requirements for destination countries, strict online or phone booking for ticket reservations and mandatory health insurance coverage for citizens to cover the treatment of coronavirus infections.
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