Kuwait resumes direct flights with 12 countries that were banned for health reasons

Today, the State of Kuwait will resume direct flights with 12 countries that were banned in the previous period for health and commercial reasons due to the repercussions of the emerging Corona virus - Covid 19 in the countries of the world.

According to the Kuwait News Agency, "KUNA", this decision comes after the Kuwaiti Cabinet announced last Monday to allow direct flights to Britain, Spain, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, France, Kyrgyzstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Greece and Switzerland.

The Deputy Director-General for Planning and Projects Affairs and the official spokesperson for the General Administration of Civil Aviation, Saad Al-Otaibi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) today that the decisions to suspend and resume direct flights to some countries come based on the instructions of the Kuwaiti health authorities, and others are commercial due to the airlines due to the situation and the repercussions. on the spread of the Corona virus to high-risk countries.

Al-Otaibi added that the operating capacity of incoming flights at Kuwait International Airport now reaches approximately 3,500 passengers on a daily basis.

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