The Kuwait International Airport continue to receive travelers from about 50 Arab, Asian and European as thousands returned ‘home’ after spending the Eid al-Fitr holidays overseas.
The agencies operating at the airport had developed a plan to cope with the arrivals rush and workers in the operation sectors were mobilized to facilitate the smooth flow of passenger traffic, as well as to raise work efficiency and improve services provided, especially the ground service providers not to delay when handling the baggage, reports a local Arabic daily.
According to statistics the number of flights that operated at the airport during the past two days reached 651, including 326 incoming and 325 outgoing from the most favored destinations including Cairo, Istanbul, Dubai, Alexandria, Jeddah and Sohag.
Sources estimated the total number of returning travelers in two days at 38,000, especially with a number of airlines operating additional flights for travelers from Arab and European destinations.
The sources indicated that the diversity witnessed by the airport buildings, contributed significantly to reducing congestion in the departure and arrival halls, with the occurrence of some emergency congestion due to the irregularity of flight schedules for some airlines in takeoff and landing, which caused congestion at specific times at some airport sites.
In the field, the procedures of the operating devices at the airport contributed to facilitating the movement of passengers, as the number of employees at the gates and transit areas was doubled, and support work teams were standby to overcome any obstacles that travelers may face, and the arrival and departure procedures were shortened by the Ministry of Interior and the General Administration of Customs