Kuwait City: Kuwait airport will increase its capacity to 5,000 passengers a day from May 22, the Director of the Air Transport Department at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA), Abdullah Al Rajdi, announced, local media reported.
Al Rajhi said that the COVID-19 Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Health agreed to the increase as they anticipate there will be more airline traffic during the summer season.
The airport has been operating on a 1,000 passenger cap per day for the past five months, since January 1.
Barred passengers
Non-Kuwaitis are still barred from entering Kuwait until further notice after the government issued a ban on February 7. Most recently, on Monday, the government announced that passengers arriving from Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are barred from entering Kuwait until further notice. Passengers are only allowed in if they quarantine in another country for at least 14 days.
‘Ban on direct flights to Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh countries stays’
KUWAIT CITY, May 12: Director of the Air Transport Department at the General Directorate of Civil Aviation Abdullah Al-Rajhi announced the issuance of a decision to increase the operating capacity of arrival flights from 1,000 to 5,000 passengers per day starting from May 22, reports Al-Qabas daily. In an exclusive statement to the daily, Al- Rajhi disclosed the Supreme Committee for Corona Emergencies took this step for the airlines operating at Kuwait International Airport to increase their commercial operations during the summer season; affirming that the daily arrivals rate will increase to 80 percent compared to the previous decision on limiting the number of arriving passengers to 1,000 per day.
Airlines allowed to operate additional 30pc flights to Pakistan
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Airlines allowed to operate additional 30pc flights to Pakistan
KARACHI (Dunya News) - The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has allowed airlines to operate additional 30 percent flights to Pakistan, the Air Transport Department has issued a notification in this regard.
According to the notification, the additional flights will also include cargo flights of the respective airlines. The number of foreign flights approved under the summer schedule was limited to 20% on the instructions of the NCOC. It will be possible for passengers to depart abroad by additional flights.
The airline s operation was limited to 20 percent of flights from May 5 to 20. The CAA called for additional flights from all airlines until May 18, citing a shortage of flights.
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KUWAIT CITY, April 24 : Director of the Air Transport Department at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Abdullah Al-Rajhi said the DGCA has asked the health authorities to look into the possibility of resuming the operation of commercial fl ights to and from Egypt as per the request of the national carriers, reports Al-Qabas daily. Al-Rajhi disclosed the communication with the health authorities came after the national carriers submitted a request to resume the Kuwait-Egypt- Kuwait direct flights with the aim of reviving the commercial aviation traffic movement, especially since many Kuwaiti students in Egypt want to return directly to the country without going through transit stations. He added the request includes compliance with health regulations for all citizens entering the country, pointing out the resumption of commercial operation with Egypt does not signal the return of expatriates to the country.