Dubai: Kuwait International Airport will resume advertising flights on Saturday (August 1) after a five-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, media reported.
On 29 June, the Kuwaiti cabinet approved a three-step plan to resume advertising flights to and from Kuwait Airport from 1 August 2020.
The plan took into account the importance of complying with preventive and precautionary measures issued through the fitness authorities, as they will be implemented to travellers through approved measures to be followed to protect travellers and fitness staff from contracting the virus.
The first level starts next Saturday and will last for six months, with a constant rate of no more than 30%, the expected number of passengers will not exceed 10,000 consistent with the day and the maximum expected number of flights is one hundred consistent with the day.
The current level starts on February 1, 2021 and also lasts six months with a constant rate of no more than 60% and the expected number of passengers does not exceed 20,000 consistent with the day and the maximum number of flights planned is two hundred consistent with the day..
With respect to the 3rd and final phase, it starts on August 1, 2021, with one hundred consistent concentual or consistent with one, the expected number of passengers is more than 30,000 consistent with the day and the maximum number of flights planned is three hundred with the day.
On July 21, the Kuwait Civil Aviation Directorate (DGCA) issued an adequacy protocol for advertising operations at Kuwait International Airport and an executive consultant to restart advertising flights.
In a message to KUNA, DGCA Director-General Yousef Al Fawzan said the protocol includes all procedures for random inspection sites for arrivals and arrival and departure procedures at Kuwait International Airport.
He added that departing passengers should provide situations for the country they are targeting.
Al Fawzan stated that the commands included a desire to book electronic tickets online or over the phone and obtain them via email to avoid the use of printed tickets and concurrent infection. Citizens should provide travel insurance covering the remedy of coronavirus infection, he added..
He said all arriving passengers will be subject to a 14-day house quarantine.
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