Kuwait Airways to operate additional flight to Baku Sat. morning

KUWAIT, Aug 31 (KUNA) -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Friday Kuwait Airways would send an additional flight to Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturdan morning to bring back Kuwaiti citizens whose returning flights on Wataniya Airways were cancelled.
Flight KU 1194, sent at the request of the government, would fly at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, DGCA said in a statement, and urged citizens in Baku to contact Kuwait Consulate in the Azeri captial to arrange their return on following numbers: (+994) 502-330-536 or (+994) 509-999-661.
Kuwait Airways would dispatch a plane to Tbilizi at 3:10 a.m. Saturday to bring back citizens from the Georgian capital.
Minister of State for Housing and Minister of State for Services Jenan Bushehri said last week His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah instructed the Foreign Ministry and DGCA to bring back Kuwaitis stranded after cancellation of flights on Wataniya Airways. (end) aam.bs