75 flights to bring home stranded Kuwaitis as of Sunday – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

75 flights to bring home stranded Kuwaitis as of Sunday – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

75 flights to bring home stranded Kuwaitis as of Sunday. KUWAIT, April 16: Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced Thursday that the national carrier Kuwait Airways and the private Al-Jazeera Airways will operate 75 flights to sixteen airports worldwide to evacuate stranded nationals.. In statements to KUNA, the DGCA spokesman Saad Al-Otaibi said the flights, which will start on Sunday, make up the first phase of a five-phase plan to repatriate nationals from abraod after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19.). On Monday, the Kuwaiti cabinet adopted a phased process to bring back Kuwaiti citizens abroad.. The second stage (April 23) covers patients who need medical beds and life support equipment.. © Copyright 2020, Arab Times Kuwait - All Rights Reserved.