Flights to and from Kuwait will resume from Sunday, April 26, two months after the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran. The airspace reopened on Thursday, April 24, whilst commercial flights will not begin until April 26, as part of a plan to gradually resume air traffic.
Kuwait International Airport hit with numerous attacks
Kuwait International Airport (KWI) had been hit several times in recent weeks, with drone attacks on Terminal 1, Terminal 2 (under-construction) and fuel storage tanks. The stagnant reopen will allow for maintenance and repair works. National carrier Kuwait Airways and low-cost airline Jazeera Airways, have been operating flights out of Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait Airways will resume operations to 17 destinations, including: London, Istanbul, Mumbai, Cairo and Manila. Jazeera Airways will initially reopen routes to nine destinations: Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus, Dubai , Cairo, Amman, Kochi, Mumbai and Delhi. No other airlines have announced the resumption of flights to Kuwait.
Regional Travel Disruptions Begin to Ease
Reports come after Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha announced that airlines will resume operations to the country earlier this week. Airlines such as Flydubai, Air Arabia, Oman Air and Royal Jordanian have all resumed flights from April 21, onwards. Flag carrier Qatar Airways has also been operating with minimum flights since March 7.
European carriers including Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, and British Airways have all temporarily suspended flights, flag carrier Emirates has resumed nearly 80%. Saudi Arabia’s airspace has remained open throughout the crisis, but many flights have been delayed or cancelled. Virgin Atlantic announced it was scrapping its route to Riyadh from London, just a year after it launched.
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