Cabinet to up airport capacity to 7,500

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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 14: The Cabinet has decided to increase the capacity of the Kuwait International Airport to receive arriving passengers from 5,000 to 7,500 per day to keep pace with the rush of those stranded but have started arriving into the country. The sources said the Directorate- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is currently preparing the new quota system for local airlines and said the Kuwait Airways and Air Arabia will get the biggest share of 2,500 passengers arriving per day.

The sources said the quota will also take into account the share of seats for Dubai and Turkey for national and foreign airlines to facilitate the return of citizens stranded abroad. The sources said the KAC has requested an additional trip to London and has started operating flights to Amsterdam and Frankfurt. On the other hand, the sources said the Cabinet has not decided at its last meeting the issue of operating direct flights to and from Egypt, and the same can be said of charter flights unless an official decision is issued in this regard. The sources said that the DGCA refused to operate charter flights to Iran during the current period after operating a number of flights during Eid al-Adha holidays.

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