Kuwait: Airlines to add KD50 to arrivals’ ticket fares

Kuwait: Airlines to add KD50 to arrivals’ ticket fares

The Kuwaiti Directorate-General of Civil Aviation has instructed airlines in the country to standardise fees for the novel coronavirus-detecting PCR tests to be paid by travellers arriving in Kuwait.The move complies with a recent government decision, Al Raid added. Related discussion among the competent agencies has reached an initial fee of KD25 per PCR test, the paper said quoting informed sources.This means that the total fee to be borne by each arrival will stand at KD50, representing the cost of two tests – the first to be conducted on arrival and the second seven days later. The fees will be added to passengers' airfares, they added.Comments Read Next2 weeks agoBahrain: No PCR testing for King Fahd CausewayDecember 12, 2020Middle East airlines' traffic dives 86.7% in OctoberDecember 8, 2020Dubai: Pre-flight PCR test no longer required for GCC passengersDecember 5, 2020UAE: PCR test cost slashed by more than half at Seha centresOctober 6, 2020COVID-19: Airlines losing $300,000 every minute amid pandemicOctober 2, 2020Dubai updates travel protocol for Emiratis, residents, tourists and transit passengersSeptember 5, 2020Emirates employees to be paid in full from OctoberApril 8, 2020Airline Shutdown To Cost Middle East Nearly 1 Million JobsMarch 20, 2020Coronavirus Impacts: Will Most Airlines Go Bankrupt?February 2,