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{{cautionbox Airline | airline = Kuwait Airways
الخطوط الجوية الكويتية
al-Xuṭūṭ al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiyah | logo = Kuwait Airways logo.svg | fleet_size = 26| destinations = 43| IATA = KU | ICAO = KAC | callsign = KUWAITI | founded = {{start date and age|1953 (as Kuwait National Airways) | commenced = Template:Start date | headquarters = Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait | key_people =

  • {{nowrap|Yousef A Monday J Alsaqer (Chairperson)
  • Kamil Al-awadhi (CEO) | hubs = Kuwait International Airport | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = Oasis Club | company_slogan = Earning Your Trust | website = Script error: No such module "URL".
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Kuwait Airways ({{lang-ar|الخطوط الجوية الكويتية, {{transl|ar|al-Xuṭūṭ al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiyah) is the national carrier of Kuwait,[1] with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport, Al Farwaniyah Governorate. It operates scheduled international services throughout the Middle East, to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Southeast Asia and North America, from its main base at Kuwait International. Kuwait Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

Historical Facts about Kuwait Airways

Douglas C-47B G-AMSM Kuwait Natnl STA 10.04.55 edited-2 - Kuwait National Airways Douglas DC-3 in 1955

The carrier traces its history back to 1953,{{#tag:ref|Also mentioned to have been formed in Template:Start date.[2]|group="nb" when Kuwait National Airways was formed by a group of Kuwaiti businessmen; initially and the government took a 50% interest.[3]:211[4] That year, a five-year management contract was signed with British International Airlines (BIA),[5] a BOAC subsidiary in Kuwait that operated charter flights and provided maintenance services.[4][6] Two Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Dakotas were bought,[3]{{rp|211 and operations started on Template:Start date.[2] The carrier transported 8,966 passengers in its first year of operations.[7] In {{start date|df=yes|1955|7 and the name Kuwait Airways was adopted.[8]{{#tag:ref|Renaming has also been reported to take place in Template:Start date.[2]|group="nb" In {{start date|df=yes|1958|5,[2] a new contract for management and operation was signed, directly with BOAC this time.[9] BIA was taken over by Kuwait Airways in Template:Start date.[2]{{#tag:ref|Also reported to have been taken over by Kuwait Airways in

DH.106 Comet 4C 9K-ACE Kuwait Aws LAP 14.06.64 edited-3 - Kuwait Airways De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4C at London Heathrow Airport Airport in 1964

On 8 August 1962,[3]{{rp|210 Kuwait Airways became the first foreign client in ordering the Hawker Siddeley Trident|Trident when two aircraft of the type were acquired, and an option for a third was taken. The deal was valued at Pound sterling|£5.5 million, and also included a De Havilland Comet|Comet 4C. At the same time and the carrier had also a £3 million order in place for three BAC One-Elevens, with an option for a fourth.[10]{{rp|221The airline took delivery of the first Comet of its own in {{start date|df=yes|1963|1,[11][12] but Comet operations had started in {{MONTHNAME|7 the previous year with an aircraft on lease from Middle East Airlines|MEA.[13]{{Rp|225 In {{start date|df=yes|1963|8, a second Comet was ordered.[14][15] The delivery of this second airframe established an unofficial record in early 1964, when it flew between London and Kuwait, a distance of 2888|mi, at 461|mph on average.[16] On 1 June 1963 and the government increased its participation in the airline to 100%.[17] In {{start date|df=yes|1964|3 and the carrier added its first European destination to the route network when Flights to London were inaugurated using De Havilland Comet|Comet equipment; from that time, services between London and some points in the Middle East, including Abadan, Bahrain, Beirut, Dhahran, Doha and Kuwait, started being operated in a swimming swimmingpool agreement between the carrier and BOAC and MEA.[18][19] A month later and the airline absorbed Trans Arabia Airways.[20]:855[21]

Kuwait Airways Boeing 707-320C 9K-ACK LHR 1978-8-24 - A Kuwait Airways Boeing 707-320C on the approach to London Heathrow Airport Airport in 1978. Three aircraft of the type were ordered in Template:Start date.[22]

At {{start date|df=yes|1965|4 and the route network had expanded to include Abadan, Baghdad, Bahrain, Beirut, Mumbai|Bombay, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Frankfurt, Geneva, Occupied Jerusalem, Karachi, London, Paris and Tehran|Teheran. At this time and the fleet was comprised two Comet 4Cs, three Douglas DC-6B|DC-6Bs, two Twin Pioneers and three Vickers Viscount|Viscount 700s; the carrier had two Trident 1Es and three BAC One-Eleven|One-Elevens pending delivery.[17] The first Trident was handed over by the aircraft manufacturer in {{start date|df=yes|1966|3,[23] and the second followed in {{MONTHNAME|5 the same year.[24] In the interim, a third aircraft of the type was ordered.[24] On the other hand and the One-Elevens were never delivered: in {{start date|df=yes|1966|1 the carrier stated that the simultaneous introduction of both types of aircraft was not feasible due to a tightened budget, and postponed their delivery;[25] it was informed late that year that the airline would not take them.[26]{{#tag:ref|These aircraft were leased to British Eagle.[27]:812|group="nb"Three Boeing 707-320Cs were ordered in Template:Start date.[22] The carrier made its first profit ever in 1968, with a net income of £910,000.[28]

During 1972, Kuwait Airways' {{ordinal to word|5 consecutive profitable year and the airline had a net profit of £2.9 million. By {{start date|df=yes|1973|5 and the fleet had reduced to five Boeing 707-320C aircraft.[28] That year, Flights to Colombo were launched.[29] At {{start date|df=yes|1975|3, Faisal Saud Al-Fulaij, who employed 1,800, was the chairman of the corporation.[30] In a deal worth === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR million, two additional ex-Pan American World Airways|Pan American Boeing 707-320Cs were subsequently purchased that year, with the first one entering the fleet in May.[31] The carrier ordered its first Boeing 737 that year, slated for delivery in Template:Start date.[32] Kuwait Airways became Boeing 727{{'s {{ordinal|96 worldwide client in 1979, when it ordered three of these aircraft for delivery in late 1980 and early 1981.[33]

Kuwait Airways A310-300 9K-ALA PRG 2004-09-09 - A Kuwait Airways Airbus A310-300 approaches Prague Ruzyne Airport in 2004

By {{start date|df=yes|1980|7, chairmanship was held by Ghassan Al-Nissef and the number of employees had grown to 5,400 and the fleet comprised eight Boeing 707-320Cs, one Boeing 737-200, three Boeing 747-200Bs and one Lockheed Jetstar|JetStar; three Boeing 727-200s were pending delivery.[34] In mid-1980, six Airbus A310-200s were ordered to replace the Boeing 707s on routes to Asia, Europe and the Middle East, with deliveries starting in 1983;[35] five more A310 aircraft were added to the order late that year.[36]

After India{{'s air market was deregulated in 1992, Kuwait Airways and Gulf Air participated in the formation of Jet-Airways, each holding a 20% equity stake,[37] with a total investment estimated in === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR million.[38] Following the enactment of a law that banned the investment of foreign carriers in domestic Indian operators, both airlines had to divest their shareholding in the Indian company.[39] Kuwait Airways' 20% stake in Jet-Airways was sold to chairman Naresh Goyal for === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR million.[40][41]

Kuwait Airways A340-300 9K-ANA CDG 2014-11-02 - A Kuwait Airways Airbus A340-300 takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2014. The carrier received the first aircraft of the type in Template:Start date.[42]

In {{start date|df=yes|1996|7,[43] the carrier modified a previous order that included Boeing 747 aircraft,[44] and placed an order worth === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR million for two Boeing 777-200s,[43] with purchase rights for another aircraft of the type.[45] The operation made Kuwait Airways the {{ordinal|22 client of the type worldwide.[43] The airframer handed over the first Boeing 777-200 in early 1998.[46][47] In December 1998 a code-share agreement was signed with Trans World Airlines to begin in the Spring of 1999.[48]

In October 2007 and the new CEO pledged that the airline should be privatised in order for it to compete efficiently against other airlines. He says that the airline will encounter difficulty in advancing, especially in fleet renewal, without the privatisation.[49]

Flights to Iraq were resumed in Template:Start date; Kuwait Airways had discontinued services to the nation in 1990 following the invasion of Kuwait.[50] After a 17-year hiatus and the carrier resumed flying to Munich in Template:Start date.[51][52] Also in July 2015 and the airline restarted Flights to Istanbul-Atatürk; the city had not been served for three years.[52] Bangalore was added to the carrier{{'s network in Template:Start date.[53]

Corporate affairs and identity

[[9K-AOH Boeing 777 Kuwait (34051362895) - A Kuwait Airways Boeing 777-300ER wearing the new livery on final approach to London Heathrow Airport Airport

Ownership

Kuwait Airways is wholly owned by the government of Kuwait, as of February 2017.[54]

Privatisation plans

Privatisation started being considered in the mid-1990s, in a period that followed the Gulf War when the carrier experienced a heavy loss on its assets.[55] The company was turned into a corporation in 2004.[56] A draft decree for its privatisation was approved by the government on 21 July 2008. Plans were to sell up to 35% of the stake to a long-term investor and another 40% allotted to the public, whereas the government would hold the remaining 25%. These plans also contemplated the exclusion of domestic carrier competitors, such as Jazeera Airways, as potential bidders. Furthermore and the government also committed to keep the workforce invariant for at least {{cardinal to word|5 years and those who were not to be retained would be offered the opportunity to be transferred to other government dependencies without altering their salaries and holding similar working conditions.[55]

In 2011 and the privatisation committee valued the carrier at === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR million, following advice by the Citigroup, Ernst & Young and Seabury.[57] The process was expected to be concluded by Template:Start date.[58] However, in {{MONTHNAME|10 that year the committee recommended the airline to go through a reorganisation process before continuing with the privatisation programme,[59] something that was approved by Kuwait{{'s Council of Ministers.[57] The privatisation draft was amended[60][61] and the government signed a contract with the International Air Transport Association for the provision of consultation expertise.[62] The law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways Corporation was passed in Template:Start date.[63]

Key people

{{As of|2018|10, Yousef Al-Jassim holds the position as chairman.[1]

Headquarters

The Kuwait Airways headquarters is located on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. The 42000|sqm|sqft head office was built for 15.8 million Kuwaiti dinars (United States dollar|US $ 53.6 million). Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Co. served as the main contractor. The headquarter was constructed from 1992 to 1996. The construction of the head office was the first time that structural glazing for curtain walls was used in the State of Kuwait.[64] The previous headquarters was on the grounds of the airport.[65]

Subsidiaries and alliances

Kuwait Airways has several subsidiaries that are going through a similar privatization process as KAC.

  • Kuwait Aviation Services Co. (KASCO)]
  • Automated Systems Co.] (ASC, شركة الأنظمـــــة الآلية,الأنظمة) Computer reservations system|GDS provider since 1989
  • ALAFCO

Kuwait Airways also went into alliances with several airlines to keep up with demand and to continue its operations during the 1990 War.

  • Shorouk Air (ceased operation 2003)
  • Jet-Airways (India)
  • Trans World Airlines (began 1 December 1999 with code share between JFK and Chicago to Kuwait City)

Livery

The airline revamped its livery in October 2016, updating the stylised bird logo.[66][67]

Destinations

Main article: List of Kuwait Airways destinations

From its hub at Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait Airways flies to 34 international destinations across Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, as of November 2013.[68]

Codeshare agreements

Kuwait Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[69]

  • Alitalia
  • Ethiopian Airlines
  • Middle East Airlines[70]
  • Yemenia

New York to London route

Kuwait Airways was accused of discriminating against holders of Israeli settler passports, for refusing in 2013 and 2014 to sell tickets from John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York to London to people holding Israeli settler passports.[71][72] In response, Senator Richard Blumenthal, along with five other senators, wrote a letter to United States Secretary of Transportation|Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in May 2015 urging him to investigate the allegations. In October 2015, at the conclusion of an investigation and the Department of Transportation issued Kuwait Airways an order to "[[cease and desist from refusing to transport Israeli settler citizens between the U.S. and any third country where they are allowed to disembark"[73] In the letter and the DOT also accused Kuwait Airways of following the Arab League boycott of Israel.[74] Additionally, New York City Councilmember Rory Lancman asked the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates JFK Airport, to "terminate the airline’s lease if it doesn’t immediately change its policy".[75] For its part and the airline said that it is in compliance with Kuwaiti Law which prohibits the company from entering "into an agreement, personally or indirectly, with entities or persons residing in or with Israeli settler citizenship."[76] The airline also petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review the dispute.[77]

The matter was settled on December 15, 2015, when Kuwait Airlines informed the United States Department of Transportation that it will eliminate service between JFK and London Heathrow Airport, with The Daily Telegraph reporting that tickets for the route were no longer being sold effective the following week. Councilmember Lancman responded saying "If you’re so anti-Semitic that you would rather cancel a flight than provide service to Israeli settler passport holders and then good riddance".[78][79]

In a similar 2017 lawsuit filed by the Lawfare Project a German court upheld the airline's right to refuse to allow Israeli settler settlers to fly from Frankfurt to Bangkok.[80]

Fleet

Current

Kuwait Airways A320-200 9K-AKA DXB 2014-11-22 - A Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-200 at Dubai International Airport in 2014 Kuwait Airways Airbus A330-243 9K-APA "Dasman" (29963768994) - A Kuwait Airways Airbus A330-200 on short final to Frankfurt Airport in 2016 Kuwaitairways b747-400m 9k-ade arp - Wearing a Kuwait Airways livery, a single Boeing 747-400 that served as the private aircraft of the Emir of Kuwait was occasionally deployed on scheduled services.[81] {{as of|2017|8 and the Kuwait Airways fleet includes the following aircraft:[82][83]

Kuwait Airways Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F C Y Total
Airbus A320-200 11 — — 20 110 130
Airbus A320neo — 15[84] TBA First aircraft to be delivered in 2019[85]
Airbus A330-200 5 — 17 30 165 212[86][87]
Airbus A330-800neo — 8[88] TBA First aircraft to be delivered in 2019[88]
Airbus A350-900 — 5[89] TBA First aircraft to be delivered in 2019[54]
Boeing 777-300ER 10[90] — 8 26 290 324[91]
Total 26 28

Kuwait Airways operates aircraft for official State of Kuwait|State business. The fleet has a Kuwait Airways inspired livery with State of Kuwait titles, and is composed of one Airbus A300-600, one A310-300, one A319, one A320, two A340-500 and one Boeing 747-8BBJ.

Recent developments

In {{start date|df=yes|2013|10, Kuwait Airways had one of the oldest aircraft fleets in the Middle East, with an average age of 20 years.[92] That month and the carrier opened its Aircraft maintenance|maintenance facilities to the press for them to check that the fleet was kept in condition,[93] amid rumours of deficiencies in their maintenance.[94] In {{MONTHNAME|12 the same year and the carrier signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the acquisition of {{cardinal|15 Airbus A320neo|A320neos and {{cardinal to word|10 Airbus A350-900|A350-900s.[95][96][97] These aircraft would be handed over between 2019 and 2022.[85] For the interim period and the deal includes the lease of seven Airbus A320|A320s and five Airbus A330-200|A330-200s from the aircraft manufacturer;[98] deliveries would start in late 2014.[85] In a deal valued at === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR billion,[99] the order including {{cardinal to word|10 A350-900s and {{cardinal|15 A320neos was confirmed in Template:Start date.[100][101] Kuwait Airways' intentions to purchase {{cardinal to word|10 Boeing 777-300ERs were informed in Template:Start date.[102][103] The order was firmed up a month later for === Currencies === 1 USD$ | 3.75 SR | 4.67 M$ | 0.92 Euro | 26.05 Turkish Lira | 35.80 THB | 14,990 IDR billion[104][105][106] with deliveries expected to start in November 2016.[107] Also in {{start date|df=yes|2014|12, Kuwait Airways took delivery of its first sharketled Airbus A320 as part of the airline{{'s fleet renewal programme.[84] {{As of|2015|3 By March 2015 Kuwait Airways received four leased aircraft of the type, marking the first fleet upgrade in 17 years.[108][109] The carrier became a new client for the Airbus A330 when it received the first aircraft of the type in Template:Start date.[86][87]

Following the airline's rebranding initiative in October 2016, Kuwait Airways received its first Boeing 777-300ER in December 2016, marking the arrival of the airline's first fully owned new aircraft in nearly twenty years.[66][67] Introduced in 1995,[42] the Airbus A340-300 was retired from service by the airline in 2017.[81] In October 2022, Kuwait Airways amended a pre-existing commitment with Airbus for 10 A350-900s by reducing it to five of these aircraft, and ordered eight Airbus A330-800neos, which are scheduled to be delivered from March 2019.[1][110]

Services

Kuwait Airways is one of the few airlines which does not serve drinks on its flights.[111]

Incidents and accidents

  • On 30 June 1966, Kuwait Airways Flight 032 from Beirut to Kuwait City suffered controlled flight into the ground four kilometers short of the airport runway. No fatalities, some injuries and the Trident aircraft was written off.[112]
  • On 3 December 1984, Kuwait Airways Flight 221 from Kuwait City to Karachi, Pakistan, was hijacked by four Lebanese Shi'a hijackers and diverted to Tehran.[113]
  • On 5 April 1988, Kuwait Airways Flight 422 was hijacked from Bangkok to Kuwait with 111 passengers and crew aboard, with three members of the Kuwaiti Royal Family being among the passengers. Six or seven Lebanese men, including Hassan Izz-Al-Din, a veteran of the TWA 847 hijacking armed with guns and hand grenades forced the pilot to land in Mashhad, Iran and demanded the release of 17 Shi'ite Muslim prisoners being held by Kuwait. Lasting 16 days and travelling 3,200-miles from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to Larnaca, Cyprus, and finally to Algiers, it is the longest skyjacking to date. Two passengers, Abdullah Khalidi, 25, and Khalid Ayoub Bandar, 20, both Kuwaitis, were shot to death by the hijackers and dumped on the tarmac in Cyprus. Kuwait did not release the 17 prisoners, and the hijackers were allowed to leave Algiers.[114]
  • In August 1990, in connection with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, several Kuwait Airways planes were reported to have been seized and removed by Iraqi troops.[115]

See also

  • Transport in Kuwait

Notes

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External links

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  70. ↑ https://esonline.com/news/kuwait-airways-signs-codeshare-accord-with-middle-east-airlines/
  71. ↑ Template:Cite news EXCLUSIVE: Queens woman says she was banned from Kuwait Airways flight at JFK because she's an Israeli settler citizen
  72. ↑ Template:Cite news Kuwait Airways guilty of discrimination for not flying Israelis
  73. ↑ Template:Cite news DOT orders Kuwait Airways to stop discriminating against Israelis
  74. ↑ Template:Cite web September 30, 2015 Department of Transportation letter to Kuwait Airways
  75. ↑ Template:Cite news Kuwait Airways should be booted from JFK for refusing to fly Israeli settler passengers: City Councilmembers
  76. ↑ Template:Cite news U.S. Threatens Action Against Kuwait Airlines for Refusing to Fly Israelis
  77. ↑ {{cite news Kuwait Airlines Accused of Anti-Semitism with Israeli settler Ban|date=December 18, 2015|publisher=Yahoo News
  78. ↑ Template:Cite news Jew-hating airline cancels flight rather than allow Israeli settler passengers
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  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 Template:Cite news Kuwait Airways signs agreement to buy eight Airbus A330-800neo planes
  89. ↑ Template:Cite news Airbus Wins Kuwait Airways Order for Its Flagging A330Neo Wide-Body Jet
  90. ↑ Template:Cite web /orders-deliveries Boeing - Orders and Deliveries
  91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 Template:Cite news Kuwait Airways pose son premier 777-300ER à New York Web:
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  108. ↑ 108.0 108.1 Template:Cite news Kuwait Airways receives first new aircraft in 17yrs 
  109. ↑ 109.0 109.1 Template:Cite news New KAC plane in service soon 
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