{"id":51781,"date":"2020-08-02T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=51781"},"modified":"2020-08-02T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T14:33:00","slug":"more-than-10000-tickets-to-be-refunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/more-than-10000-tickets-to-be-refunded\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 10,000 tickets expected to be refunded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Around 10,000 air tickets will be refunded after Kuwait decided to suspend flights from dozens of countries over fears of the new coronavirus, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas has reported, citing a source.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>On Saturday, Kuwait\u2019s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced banning entry of travellers from 31 \u201chigh-risk\u201d countries on instructions from Kuwaiti health authorities. The suspension went into effect Saturday until further notice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Those countries include India, Pakistan, Egypt, and the Philippines that have large communities of expatriates in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>\u201cThousands of expatriate residents in Kuwait will cancel their reservations for fear they will not be able to re-enter Kuwait,\u201d the source said. The majority of the cancellations will come from the Egyptian expatriates, according to the source.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>\u201cThe health authorities\u2019 decision has caused an economic catastrophe and huge losses for some airlines and travel offices,\u201d said the source, calling the flight suspension a \u201chasty decision\u201d .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>\u201cHow can health authorities allow citizens and residents to travel to the banned countries and on the other hand bar their citizens from entering Kuwait?\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>The decision to suspend the flights from the 31 countries was announced hours after the Kuwait International Airport reopened for commercial flights after a halt of over four months, at 30 per cent of its normal capacity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Other countries covered by the Kuwaiti ban include Iran, China, Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Peru, Moldova, Singapore, Hong Kong, Panama, Chile and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Foreigners account for nearly 3.4 million of Kuwait\u2019s 4.8 million population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 10,000 air tickets will be refunded after Kuwait decided to suspend flights from dozens of countries over fears of the new coronavirus, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas has reported, citing a source. 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