1300 more seats between India-Kuwait

BY A CORRESPONDENT
July 7, 2006

The government of India has agreed to Kuwait's request to step up the weekly capacity of airlines flying on the Kuwait route, from India, by 1,300 seats. The decision will not affect Kuwait Airways, which will maintain its current schedule and capacity of 5,200 seats per week. Jazeera Airways can now increase seat capacity to 1,300 seats per week.

he decision was taken following a meeting between Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Kuwait's Minister of Communication Ismael Al-Shatty, and the finalized agreement will be worked out during the bilateral talks next month.

This meeting was a continuation of the visit of Kuwaiti emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (June 14-19), where the subject of discussion was the possibility of future civil aviation link ups between the two countries.

The Kuwaiti delegation stressed the importance of a strong and efficient aviation network as part of a larger project of
strengthening business, cultural and strategic ties between India and Kuwait. For its part the Indian delegation clarified that while India was keen on opening up its skies it was also committed to addressing issues like airport infrastructure, capacity constraints of carriers and so on.

The Kuwait delegation included Fawaz Al-Farah and Director General of Civil Aviation Dawood Al-Dawood while the Indian delegation included the Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad and joint secretary R.K. Singh.