Kuwait International Airport
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Kuwait International Airport is located in Al-Maqwa, Kuwait, near Kuwait City.
It has the IATA Airport Code KWI and the ICAO Airport Code OKBK. It is the hub of Kuwait Airways.
Kuwait International Airport can currently handle six million passengers a year. Recently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has announced that a new terminal has begun construction, and will increase the annual passenger handling amount to fourteen million. Terminal II is due for completion by the end of 2007.
On October 28, 2006, pending approval by the Kuwati Government, United Airlines will commence service from Washington, D.C.-Kuwait. If approved, United will become the only major US airline to serve Kuwait and the Middle East.
Airlines
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air China (Beijing)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air India (Delhi, Mumbai)
- Air Slovakia (Bratislava)
- Biman Bangladesh (Dhaka)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
- Falcon Express
- Gulf Air (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Muscat)
- Indian Airlines (Chennai, Goa, Kochi)
- Iran Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
- Iran Asseman Airlines (Mashad)
- Jazeera Airways (Alexandria, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Dubai, Damascus, Luxor, Sharjah)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Kuwait Airways (Abu Dhabi, Alexandria, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beirut, Cairo, Chennai, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Kochi, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Luxor, Manila, Mumbai, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Riyadh, Rome Fiumicino, Sharm El Sheikh, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Trivandrum)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens)
- Oman Air (Muscat)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
- Shaheen Air International (Karachi)
- SriLankan Airlines (Colombo, Dubai)
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok, Dubai)
- Trans Mediterranean Airlines
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
- United Airlines (Washington-Dulles [starts 28 October 2006, pending gov't approval])
- Yemenia (Sanaa)
Cargo airlines
External links
- [http://www.kuwait-airport.com.kw/Index_e.htm Official site (English)
- [World Aero Data on this airport (OKBK)]
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