No definite date yet to restart commercial flights
4,265 expats are expected to leave from Kuwait International Airport today on 23 flights mainly to Tehran, Egypt, India, Pakistan, London, Nepal and Doha.
The Director of Operations Department at the General Administration of Civil Aviation Mansour Al-Hashimi said in a statement that about 105,000 passengers have left Kuwait on 663 flights these include residence violators to several destinations since March until now, since Kuwait International Airport opened its airspace for expats those who wish to return to their country.
Al-Hashemi concluded that the Operations Department at Kuwait International Airport was keen to take the highest levels of health protection with passengers by requiring everyone to wear a mask and hand gloves and to ensure the physical distance between all passengers.
Kuwait has not yet announced any definite date to restart commercial flights as thousands of expatriates are stranded abroad waiting to return back. Families also have been separated as a result of the suspension of flights. Kuwait is still maintaining strict health measures to control the spread of the coronavirus.