‘This is our only source of income’
KUWAIT CITY, March 9: Owners of airport taxis are facing a difficult reality as a result of the prolonged ban on the entry of non-Kuwaitis and the imposing of institutional quarantine on citizens. The return of planes to Kuwait International Airport with very few passengers has prompted the taxi owners to raise the “white flag”, reports Al-Rai daily. The problems faced by airport taxi owners are not limited to the lack of passengers. Besides waiting for long hours without any benefit, the support and motivation by the concerned authorities are absent.
They sit for long hours waiting for a customer, and end up spending their time talking and drinking coffee or tea, with the hope of entertaining themselves, instead of boredom or frustration. While the taxi drivers are able to withstand driving long distances, they find themselves in real trouble as a result of the lack of arriving or departing passengers.