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KUWAIT, May 18 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) is looking
forward to increasing the number of its flights to the Turkish city of
Istanbul, and Saudi city of Al-Madinah to meet the soaring demand for these
two cities, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of KAC Hamad
Al-Falah said Wednesday.
Further, Al-Falah said, in his address which was delivered today on the new
services offered by KAC in summertime, that KAC is serviously considering the
launching of a direct and permanent flight to the Austrian capital of Vienna
as a result of the increasing demand passangers for this destination, and as
many passangers head to the nearby Czech republic to receive treatment at its
spa facilities.
Al-Falah also said that political events which are currently seen by the
Arab region had its impact on the schedule of KAC flights to some destinations
with seeing a huge decrease in the number of passangers heading to them,
though he added that such drop started to dwindle some time ago, particularly
regarding Beirut and Cairo.
On the new services which KAC intends to launch during summertime, Al-Falah
said that KAC will change the quality of food provided on its flights in what
makes all kinds of food more fresh than ever, while asserting the KAC
modernize the movies displayed on its planes every three months.
Finally, Al-Falah said that KAC needs nearly 30 new aircraft to keep up
with increasing demand, and to catch up with other competing airlines,
particularly those belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab
states. (end)
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