DGCA works at full capacity during holiday season, regulates movement of passengers
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Measures put in place to reduce congestion
KUWAIT CITY, June 25: With thousands of passengers escaping to cooler places in the east and west on a daily basis, coinciding with the Eid Al-Adha holidays and the start of the summer vacation season the Kuwait International Airport has become a beehive of activity, reports Al- Rai daily. The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation, in cooperation and coordination with the authorities operating at the airport is working to its full capacity, to accommodate hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers, and to facilitate departure and arrival to prevent crowding and congestion at arrival and departure lounges.
The Deputy DGCA Director for Planning and Projects Affairs, and the official spokesman for the administration, Saad Al-Otaibi, said “the DGCA in coordination with the concerned is fully prepared for the Eid Al-Adha holiday to overcome all obstacles, and to provide services to passengers, as airlines and ground service providers have been alerted to raise the level of preparedness.
He went on to say, “As part of the measures that have been put in place to reduce congestion, a larger number of baggage weighing counters have been introduces, in addition to increasing the number of workers at passport counters, setting up barriers to regulate the entry and exit of travelers, providing sufficient labor to transport bags through ground service companies.
He added the destinations that most of the flights will fly to include Dubai, Cairo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Turkey and Europe. He appealed to travelers to report at the airport three hours before the takeoff time, to complete the travel procedures to help the authorities maintain the fl ow of movement at the airport. Al-Otaibi praised the efforts of all government agencies operating at Kuwait International Airport, led by the Ministry of Interior, the DGCA and the customs authorities.
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