KAC eyes increasing flights to Istanbul, Al-Madinah

KAC eyes increasing flights to Istanbul, Al-Madinah

Communications 5/18/2011 5:19:00 PM

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) fnk.na.aff KUNA 181719 May 11NNNN

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