Kuwait’s Civil Aviation launches 42 flights at new terminal

KUNA

Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced on Monday that all flights to and from Arab countries will start operating from the new terminal (T4) today. The Director of Operations at DGCA Engineer Saleh Al-Fadaghi said in a press statement that Kuwait Airways will operate up to new 42 trips a day from T4. For its part, Kuwait Airways said as of next Wednesday all flights departing to and arriving from Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El-Sheikh, Beirut, Amman and Najaf will be operated in T4, noting that all passengers departing on these flights must head directly to the new terminal. The daily flights to and from the Gulf States will continue from the new terminal. Kuwait Airways was established in 1953 as a private company under the name of Kuwait National Airlines Limited. The Government of Kuwait acquired 100 percent of its ownership in 1962 and it has 40 destinations around the world.