The return of domestic workers to Kuwait plan has entered into effect under the directions of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), but there are now obstacles preventing the plan from progressing as scheduled, which requires the administration to work to solve it before the plan can return to schedule, Al Rai daily reported.
The daily said, quoting an informed source in the administration that “obstacles are arising in the plan for the return of domestic workers, the main one being the failure to allow Kuwait Airways and Al Jazeera flights to travel. Some countries requested a quota system to be introduced that would allow their local companies to participate in transportation of labor, which forced one flight from the Philippines, to return to Kuwait with only 28 domestic workers onboard as under the flight plan, there is a limit on domestic workers.
The source said that after allowing the return of domestic workers, and starting the app and website BelSalamah.com for sponsors to register the details of their workers they wish to return to work again in the country, the DGCA’s arrangements collided with the refusal of a number of countries, most notably India, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Nepal, as these countries stipulated the participation of their flights in the transfer of workers under a quota system that allows them to transport passengers equally with Kuwait Airways and Al Jazeera companies.
The daily reported that the DGCA avoided a crisis by approving the request, and it is expected that return flights will be operational after resolving the dispute and allowing the airlines of the countries from where domestic workers arrive, in cooperation with the national carrier to resume flights in the next week.