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[[File:Qatar Airways A320.JPG|thumb|right|Qatar Airways A320 at the airport]]
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[[File:Jazeera Airways A320 at KWI.JPG|thumb|right|Jazeera Airways A320 parked at the ramp]]
[[File:Jazeera Airways A320 at KWI.JPG|thumb|right|Jazeera Airways A320 parked at the ramp]]

=== Terminal rearrangements ===

'''Zone 1'''
[[Kuwait Airways]]

'''Zone 2'''
[[Qatar Airways]],
[[Bulgaria Air]],
[[Olympic Airways]],
[[Air Slovakia]],
[[Turkish Airlines]],
[[Ukraine International Airlines]],
[[United Airlines]],
[[Tarom]],
[[CSA Czech Airlines]].

'''Zone 3'''
[[Lufthansa]],
[[Emirates]],
[[Air Arabia]],
[[Oman Air]],
[[Tunisair]],
[[Ethiopian]],
[[Singapore Airlines]].

'''Zone 4'''
[[British Airways]],
[[KLM]],
[[SriLankan Airlines]],
[[Air France]],
[[Etihad Airways]],
[[Jazeera Airways]],
[[Shaheen Air]],
[[Safi Airways]].

'''Zone 5'''
[[Air India Express]],
[[Indian Airlines]],
[[Middle East Airlines]],
[[Iran Air]],
[[Biman]],
[[Air China]],
[[Iran Aseman Airlines]],
[[Yemenia]],
[[Egypt Air]],
[[Syrian Arab Airlines]],
[[Pakistan International Airlines]],
[[Shaheen Air]],
[[Royal Jordanian]],
[[Thai Airways]],
[[Gulf Air]],
[[Saudi Arabian Airlines]],
[[Royal Brunei]],
[[Nas Air]],
[[Bahrain Air]],
[[Jet Airways]].


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Revision as of 01:21, 12 January 2010

Kuwait International Airport

مطار الكويت الدولي
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorDirectorate General of Civil Aviation
ServesKuwait City, Kuwait
LocationKuwait City
Hub for
Elevation AMSL206 ft / 63 m
Coordinates29°13′35″N 47°58′08″E / 29.22639°N 47.96889°E / 29.22639; 47.96889
Websitewww.kuwait-airport.com.kw
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15R/33L 11,155 3,400 Concrete
15L/33R 11,483 3,500 Asphalt
17R/35L 13,943 4,250 under construction Asphalt
17L/35R 14,452 4,405 under construction Concrete

Kuwait International Airport (IATA: KWI, ICAO: OKBK) is located in Farwaniyah, Kuwait, 15.5 kilometers (9.6 miles) south of Kuwait City. It is the hub of Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, United Aviation & Wataniya Airways. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait Air Force, as well as the Kuwait Air Force Museum.

Structure

The airport underwent a massive renovation and expansion project from 1999-2001, in which the former parking lot was cleared and a terminal expansion was built. This incorporated new check-in areas, a new entrance to the airport, the construction of a multi-story parking structure, and an airport mall.

Kuwait International Airport can currently handle more than seven million passengers a year. A new general aviation terminal was completed in 2008 under a BOT scheme and is operated by Royal Aviation. By the end of 2008, however, this terminal was modified to handle the scheduled services of the new Wataniya Airways along with general aviation traffic. The terminal was renamed as Sheikh Saad Terminal. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has announced that a new terminal will begin construction, and will increase the annual passenger handling amount to twenty million. Terminal 2, essentially an extension of Terminal 1, is due for completion by 2014. The current airport is currently given a rating of three stars by Skytrax's airport grading exercise along with seven other airports.[1]

Terminal 2 is under construction, they planned to name it Kuwait Airways Terminal. It will be wholly built for Kuwait Airways waiting for the arrival of their new aircraft in the following years. It will handle more than 76 aircraft and more than 5,000,000 of travellers, featuring new check-in areas with a self-check-in counters for Kuwait Airways.

Airport Statistics

2004-September 2009

Year Commercial Aircraft Non-Commercial Aircraft Passengers Freight (in metric tonnes)
2004 40,573 26,356 5,048,781 164,971
2005 42,564 21,835 5,381,258 160,667
2006 50,213 21,508 6,053,094 166,292
2007 56,987 26,574 6,910,309 176,203
2008 61,512 26,408 7,226,345 180,090
2009 69,395 29,250 18,921,165 193,165

Airlines and destinations

Qatar Airways A320 at the airport
Jazeera Airways A320 parked at the ramp

Terminal rearrangements

Zone 1 Kuwait Airways

Zone 2 Qatar Airways, Bulgaria Air, Olympic Airways, Air Slovakia, Turkish Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, United Airlines, Tarom, CSA Czech Airlines.

Zone 3 Lufthansa, Emirates, Air Arabia, Oman Air, Tunisair, Ethiopian, Singapore Airlines.

Zone 4 British Airways, KLM, SriLankan Airlines, Air France, Etihad Airways, Jazeera Airways, Shaheen Air, Safi Airways.

Zone 5 Air India Express, Indian Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Iran Air, Biman, Air China, Iran Aseman Airlines, Yemenia, Egypt Air, Syrian Arab Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, Shaheen Air, Royal Jordanian, Thai Airways, Gulf Air, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Royal Brunei, Nas Air, Bahrain Air, Jet Airways.

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Air ArabiaSharjah1
Air-India ExpressKochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram1
AirQuarius AviationBaghdad1
Alexandria AirlinesAlexandria-El Nouzha1
AlMasria Universal AirlinesAlexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut, Luxor1
Ariana Afghan AirlinesKabul1
Bahrain AirBahrain1
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka1
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow1
East AirBaghdad, Basrah1
EgyptAirAlexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut, Cairo, Luxor1
EmiratesDubai1
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa, Bahrain1
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi1
Gryphon AirlinesBaghdad, Najaf1
Gulf AirBahrain1
Indian AirlinesAhmedabad, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Mumbai1
Iran AirAhwaz, Isfahan, Lar, Mashhad, Shahre Kord, Shiraz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini1
Iran Asseman AirlinesAhwaz, Lamerd, Mashhad1
Jazeera AirwaysAleppo, Alexandria-Borg el Arab, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hurghada, Isfahan, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Larnaca, Luxor, Marsa Alam, Mashhad, Mumbai, Riyadh, Sana'a, Sharm el-Sheikh, Shiraz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini1
Jet AirwaysMumbai1
KLMAmsterdam, Bahrain1
Kuwait AirwaysAbu Dhabi, Alexandria-El Nouzha, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Chittagong, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Karachi, Kochi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Luxor, Malaga [seasonal], Manila, Mumbai, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvananthapuram1
LufthansaFrankfurt1
Mahan AirMashhad1
Malaysia AirlinesKuala Lumpur1
Middle East AirlinesBeirut1
Mihin LankaColombo, Dubai1
Nas AirJeddah, Riyadh1
Oman AirMuscat1
Pakistan International AirlinesKarachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot1
Qatar AirwaysDoha1
Royal JordanianAmman1
Safi AirwaysKabul1
Saudi Arabian AirlinesJeddah, Madinah, Riyadh1
Shaheen Air InternationalLahore, Peshawar1
Singapore AirlinesAbu Dhabi, Singapore1
Spirit of Manila AirlinesBahrain [begins 23 January] [2], Clark [begins 23 January]1
Sri Lankan AirlinesColombo, Dubai1
Syrian AirAleppo, Damascus1
Sudan AirwaysKhartoum1
Sun AirKhartoum1
Thai Airways InternationalBangkok-Suvarnabhumi1
Tunis AirTunis1
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk1
Ukraine International AirlinesKiev-Boryspil1
United AirlinesBahrain [begins 19 April][3], Washington-Dulles1
Wataniya AirwaysAmman, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharm el-Sheikh2
YemeniaSana'a1

References

  1. ^ "Airport Star Ranking - 3 Star Airports". Skytrax. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  2. ^ http://www.spiritofmanilaairlines.com/schedules.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.united.com/press/detail/0,7056,61241,00.html
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