Kuwait’s aviation authority has confirmed that five flights will operate per day between the two countries
Last year, the airline handled roughly 402,000 passengers in Dubai over the same period
Details about the launch date, fleet, and destination network are to be announced in due course
It will introduce a fourth weekly service starting August 28
Only expats who received two doses of the vaccine in Saudi Arabia before they departed for their home country will be permitted to return
The latest decision comes following a decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases in Kuwait
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The airline is restoring capacity on 29 routes including to cities in the UK, US and Africa
DXB is expecting to handle more than a million passengers between August 12-22
Etihad said it carried 1 million passengers in the first half of the year
It will operate thrice weekly services starting September 9
More than 2.3 million passengers flew with Air Arabia between January and June 2021 across the carrier’s five hubs
The airline will operate twice weekly flights between the capitals of UAE and Iraq
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It added that international scheduled services may be allowed on select routes on a case-to-case basis
Regular services between Dubai and South Africa and Nigeria will remain suspended until August 7, 2021
Passengers who have connected through the four countries in the last 14 days will also not be accepted to travel
It will cover destinations in Europe, North America and Asia
Kuwait residents with valid iqamas can return to the country provided they have received one of four approved vaccines
Both routes will be begin in August, and will be operated twice weekly
Flights from the four nations will remain suspended until July 28
The carrier could place a “large customer order” for an Airbus A350 freighter or a new Boeing 777F before the end of Q3
The new service will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays using a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft
The UK added the UAE to its red list in January this year
The Chicago-based planemaker now expects to hand over fewer than half of the 100 or so Dreamliners
Flights to Naples will be operated within the quarantine-free travel corridor that has recently been established between Italy and the UAE
Passengers who have connected through India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka in the last 14 days will also not be accepted to travel from any other point to the UAE
The airline will deploy its A380 on the route starting August 1