Marina World Company and Fiesta Kuwait Company, provider of events and celebration services, Friday announced it raised the largest Kuwaiti flag and the largest flag to be flown by helium balloons in the world.  The flag that measured 5,594 square meters and weighed more than 4.2 tons in total was flown above the Marina Crescent area.
Three hundred tailors worked for three consecutive days, a record time, to sow a 700 kilogram Kuwaiti flag.  120 balloons, each measuring up to three meters in width, were then attached to the flag with 1,200 meters long ropes.  The balloons, which contained helium reaching 2,000 cubic meters, were then released into the sky, lifting with it the largest flag that has ever been flown.
The flag will be kept elevated for two days to become the largest national flag ever raised above Kuwaiti skies and the largest flag raised by helium balloons in the world.  It will be visibly viewed at the Marina Crescent sea front. 

Adel Bou Shebel, spokesperson of Marina World, a United Real Estate Company project, said: “We wanted to share enjoyable moments with citizens and residents while expressing our pride for Kuwait, and we’ve done it by putting together the world’s largest flag to be flown by balloons.  The event is a great opportunity for the entire community to come together and be a part of history.  We would like to thank our partner Fiesta Kuwait and our sponsor Wataniya Telecom for their continuous support and for their contribution in one of the country’s breathtaking moments.”

Fiesta Kuwait Company general manager, Ashraf Makarem, said: “This event is a new way to offer visitors, whether they were children or adults, great moments they can remember long after.  We were looking forward to launching the flag and marking this day.  We thank our partner Marina World, Perals industry and Oxygen Kuwait, for making this event a successful one and we look forward for similar innovative events in the future.”
The launch was originally scheduled on February 24, 2010 during the official national celebrations.  It had been postponed due to dusty weather taking place at the time.