São Paulo – Kuwait, an Arab Gulf country, reopened its airspace last week after nearly two months of closure due to the conflict in the Middle East. According to a report by state news agency KUNA cited by Arab News, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority announced the resumption of air traffic at Kuwait International Airport on Thursday night (23).
The reopening is part of a “phased plan to gradually resume air traffic in preparation for the airport’s full operation in the coming period,” said the head of Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority, Hamoud Mubarak Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, according to KUNA.
Following the reopening, the national carrier Kuwait Airways announced the resumption of flights to 17 destinations, including London, Istanbul, Lahore, Dhaka, Mumbai, Delhi, Manila, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Colombo, Guangzhou, Beirut, and Damascus. Operations began on Sunday (26). Low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways also announced the resumption of flights on Sunday to nine destinations.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
