182 Thousand Passengers Used Kuwait International Airport During New Year Holidays

Official figures issued by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show more than 182 thousand passengers used the Kuwait Airport between December 24 and December 31 of last year, including about 100,000 passengers leaving the country and 82,000 passengers returning to the country during the New Year holidays.

According to the data, a copy of which has been obtained by Al-Anba, travelers left for 34 countries on 1,670 flights including 837 inbound flights and 833 outbound flights.

It was remarkable to see during the current season, the usual tourist destinations favored by citizens did not top the list of the most traveled destinations, which is mainly due to the new Corona virus mutations, especially ‘Omicron’, which changed many citizens’ travel plans so the demand for travel to London and Turkey were at the bottom of the list. The destinations that topped the list were India followed by Egypt.

Six countries accounted for a majority of passenger traffic through Kuwait Airport during the New Year’s holiday travel season, as about 128.67 thousand male and female passengers traveled to and from, making up 71% of the total passengers traveling through the Airport from 24 to 31 December last, while a list of the most popular destinations for travel during the season are as follows:

India topped the list of travel destinations with a total of 34.34 thousand male and female passengers travelling — 18.97 thousand passengers leaving and 15.36 thousand passengers arriving; Egypt ranked second with a total of 26.8 thousand male and female passengers — 13.5 thousand departing through and about 13.3 thousand arriving.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked third; followed by the United Arab Emirates, in fifth place came Turkey and the United Kingdom sixth.

 

 

 

SOURCE   TIMESKUWAIT

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