Kuwait Int’l Airport to resume commercial flights next Saturday
Kuwait International Airport will resume commercial flights next Saturday, August 1, after five months of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On June 29, Kuwaitآ’s
Cabinet approved a three-stages plan to resume commercial flights in and out of
Kuwait Airport starting August 1, 2020.
The plan took into account the importance of adhering to the preventive and
precautionary measures issued by the health authorities, as they will be
applied to travellers through approved measures that must be followed that
would protect travellers and workers in this field from contracting the virus.
The first stage starts next Saturday and will last for six months, with an
operation of no more than 30 percent, the expected number of passengers not to
exceed 10,000 per day, and the expected maximum number of flights is 100 per
day.
The second stage starts on February 1, 2021, and also lasts six months with an
operating rate of no more than 60 percent and the expected number of passengers
not to exceed 20,000 per day and the expected maximum number of flights is 200
per day.
Regarding the third and final phase, it starts on August 1, 2021, with 100
percent operation, the expected number of passengers is more than 30,000 daily,
and the expected maximum number of flights is 300 per day.
On July 21, Kuwait Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a health
protocol for commercial operation at Kuwait International Airport and a guide
for representatives of the executive authorities to restart commercial flights.
In a statement to KUNA, DGCA Director-General Yousef Al-Fawzan said that the
protocol includes all procedures pertaining to random inspection places for
arrivals and the procedures for arrival and departure from Kuwait International
Airport.
He added that the departing passengers must provide the travel requirements for
the country they are traveling to.
Al-Fawzan stated that the instructions included the necessity to book tickets
online or by phone and receive them via e-mail to avoid the use of paper
tickets and the concomitant infection.
Citizens must provide travel health insurance that covers the treatment of
coronavirus infection, he added.
He pointed out that all arriving passengers will be subjected to 14 days home quarantine.