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Airliners can operate outbound flights for expatriates: Kuwait DGCA

Published: 11 Apr 2020 - 06:41 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 07:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance the town of Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh, south the capital Kuwait City on April 7, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

FILE PHOTO: Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance the town of Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh, south the capital Kuwait City on April 7, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Saturday that airliners could operate outbound flights for the expatriate community in Kuwait.

All airliners will schedule flights for several destinations in accordance with the cabinet decision made on April 9, affirmed the Directorate in a statement carried by Kuwait news agency KUNA.

The DGCA will coordinate with airway companies to schedule the flights for expatriates eager to travel back to their respective home countries.