Kuwait announces increase in airport capacity to 5,000 per day

  • Date: 12-May-2021
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Kuwait
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Kuwait announces increase in airport capacity to 5,000 per day

Kuwait airport will increase its capacity to 5,000 passengers a day from May 22, the Director of the Air Transport Department at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA), Abdullah Al Rajdi, announced.

It was said that the COVID-19 Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Health agreed to the increase as they anticipate there will be more airline traffic during the summer season.

The airport has been operating on a 1,000 passenger cap per day for the past five months, since January 1.