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British Airways and UK government face legal action by Kuwait hostages

British Airways passengers and crew taken hostage by Iraqi forces during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait are preparing to take legal action against them. It comes after documents were released in 2021 suggesting that the British ambassador to Kuwait warned the Foreign Office that Iraqi soldiers had c...

Menzies Aviation renews air cargo handling contract with Jazeera Airways

Menzies Aviation has successfully extended its air cargo handling services agreement with Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways. The announcement marks the next step in an expanding partnership with the low cost airline, which includes passenger, ramp, and air cargo services at seven airports in five c...

Budapest Airport’s Kuwait connections

Budapest Airport has lined up its first brand new entrant airline for 2023, while filling another white spot on the airport’s route map. Welcoming the airport’s 39th airline, the Hungarian capital city will mark the development of its Middle Eastern connections with the launch of Kuwait Airwa...

Jazeera Airways launches direct flights to Turkistan

Jazeera Airways has announced its second service to Kazakhstan, flying to the city of Turkistan in the south of the country twice weekly and offering tourists direct flights between the Middle East and the country for the first time. Flights from Kuwait depart on Mondays and Saturday, while retur...

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to expand its ever-growing network with the launch of flights to Kuwait and the Maldives

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, today announces it will launch two new routes from Abu Dhabi to the idyllic island paradise of the Maldives, and the airline’s fifth key destination in the Gulf, Kuwait. The new routes will offer travellers the opportunity to e...

Himalaya Airlines Connects Kathmandu to Kuwait

Expanding its international footprint and making Kuwait as its 8th international scheduled destination and 6th gulf city, Himalaya Airlines successfully conducted its first scheduled flight to Kuwait dated July 15, 2022. The scheduled flight took off from Tribhuvan International Airport on July 1...

EgyptAir cancels all Kuwait-bound flights in a tit-for-tat move

EgyptAir cancels all Kuwait-bound flights in a tit-for-tat move

By Staff Writer, Saudi Gazette CAIRO — In a tit-for-tat move, Egypt canceled all its Kuwait-bound flights after the Gulf nation included Cairo on the list of 31 coronavirus “high risk” countries and suspended its flight operation until further notice. Egypt’s national carr...

NAS and IGC Authorized for PCR Testing of Travelers from Kuwait

National Aviation Services (NAS) has announced that all travelers departing from Kuwait can now get PCR testing done through the International German Company (IGC). The exclusive partnership is authorized to test passengers travelling out of Kuwait that require a PCR test certificate. Travelers ...

Gulf Air Reveals Nice as Leisure Boutique Destination for Summer 2020

Gulf Air in line with its boutique strategy to add boutique leisure destinations to its network, has revealed a new addition to its 2020 network with a popular premium leisure destination: Nice on the Cote d'azur in France commencing from July 2020 with two weekly flights and operated by an Airbu...

Jazeera Airways continues expansion into Saudi with direct flights to Abha

Jazeera Airways continues expansion into Saudi with direct flights to Abha

Jazeera Airways, Kuwait's leading low-cost airline, operating regionally and internationally, have announced that it's preparing to launch a new direct service to its sixth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abha, serving the capital of the Asir Region with three weekly return flights ever...

Jazeera Airways takes delivery of fourth Airbus A320neo

Kuwait, December 21, 2019: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait's leading low-cost airline, operating regionally and internationally, took delivery of a new Airbus A320neo aircraft which landed at Kuwait International Airport on the evening of Friday, December 20. This is the fourth A320neo to join the airli...

Jazeera Airways takes delivery of third Airbus A320neo, second in 2019

Jazeera Airways takes delivery of third Airbus A320neo, second in 2019

Jazeera Airways, Kuwait's leading low-cost airline, operating regionally and internationally, took delivery of a new Airbus A320neo aircraft which landed at Kuwait International Airport on the evening of Saturday, November 30. This is the third A320neo to join the airline’s fleet and the secon...

Jazeera Airways launches first direct flights between Middle East and Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Jazeera Airways launches first direct flights between Middle East and Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Jazeera Airways, Kuwait's leading low-cost airline, operating regionally and internationally, today announced its has started serving the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan with two return flights weekly starting from November 3, 2019. The new route is the first direct route between the Middle East and O...

Kuwait Airways takes delivery of its first A320neo

Kuwait Airways takes delivery of its first A320neo

Kuwait Airways - the national carrier of Kuwait - has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo aircraft. The delivery a milestone in Kuwait Airways’ 65th anniversary celebrations, marking an important step in the airline’s ambitious fleet renewal and growth plans, which will phase-in 15 A3...

Jazeera Airways launches first direct Kuwait-UK route in 55 years

Jazeera Airways launches first direct Kuwait-UK route in 55 years

Kuwait low-cost carrier (LCC) Jazeera Airways will start flying from London Gatwick Airport to Kuwait on 27 October this year, utilising a new Airbus A320neo aircraft with daily flights. This will be the first new service from the UK to Kuwait in 55 years. In addition to serving Kuwait the fligh...

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