{"id":48126,"date":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=bb14cb05068904bba10975115902b3e5"},"modified":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"flights-to-london-kick-off-tomorrow-after-months-of-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/flights-to-london-kick-off-tomorrow-after-months-of-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights to London kick off tomorrow after months of suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"
— The first direct commercial flight from Kuwait to the United Kingdom will kick off tomorrow since it was suspended last January due to the emergence of a new COVID-19 strain.<\/p>\n
Flights between the two countries will resume after the Kuwaiti Cabinet’s decision last week instructing the General Administration of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to allow direct flights with the UK.<\/p>\n
In light of this decision, Kuwaiti airlines began preparing for summer flights to London, especially as it is one of the favorite destinations for many Kuwaitis.<\/p>\n
The Kuwait – London – Kuwait is one of the oldest routes operated by Kuwait Airways since 1964.<\/p>\n
In remarks to KUNA Wednesday, DGCA Director for Planning and Projects Affairs Saad Al-Otaibi said that Kuwait Airways and Al-Jazeera Airways and British Airways are the three companies licensed to operate a direct flight to Heathrow Airport.<\/p>\n
Al-Otaibi urged all passengers to register on (Kuwait Musafir) platform in addition to the (Shlonik) app 24 hours before their departure time.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Al-Otaibi stated that the total number of passengers through Kuwait International Airport amounted to 92,306 last May, an increase of 193 percent compared to May 2020.<\/p>\n
The number of flights reached 2,069, an increase of 96 percent compared to May of last year, he added<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
— The first direct commercial flight from Kuwait to the United Kingdom will kick off tomorrow since it was suspended last January due to the emergence of a new COVID-19 strain.Flights between the two countries will resume after the Kuwaiti Cabinet’s d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n