Kuwait: Gulf’s Kuwait Airways in talks with Airbus to amend 2014 aircraft order – Gulf Digital News

Kuwait: Gulf’s Kuwait Airways in talks with Airbus to amend 2014 aircraft order – Gulf Digital News

KUWAIT: Gulf carrier Kuwait Airways is in talks with Airbus to amend a previous order to change the type of aircraft it agreed to buy in a deal announced in 2014, Chairman Ali Aldakhan told a press conference on Tuesday.

Chief Executive Ma'an Razoq later told Reuters that the state-owned airline was now seeking aircraft capable of operating longer, non-stop flights so it could expand in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and North America.

"To reach these goals, there must be changes in (the types of aircraft)" Razoqi said, adding the financial cost of the Airbus deal would remain the same.