During The Eid Holidays, 2,800 Flights Will Carry 352,000 Passengers

According to the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation, approximately 352,000 people are expected to use Kuwait International Airport during the 10-day Eid Al-Fitr holidays, flying aboard 2,800 inbound and outbound flights. As a result, the DGCA has made extensive preparations to meet the demand of Eid Al-Fitr travellers, including a number of new measures to ease movement at the airport during the travel period.

According to figures on passenger movement from April 28 to May 7, almost 60% of passengers would be leaving, travelling on 1,400 flights, compared to 144,000 inbound passengers flying on the same number of aircraft, according to a local Arabic daily.

According to reports, this year's summer and Eid seasons will be crowded and intense at times, as a result of a rising desire for citizens and residents to spend their holidays outside the nation following the conclusion of the Corona outbreak and the relaxation of tight travel restrictions. Dubai, Istanbul, Sabiha, Trabzon, Bodrum, Jeddah, Cairo, and Doha are the most popular vacation travel destinations.

According to DGCA sources, operation departments have organized work teams to construct a support chain and operate in tandem with other operational devices at the airport, as well as to overcome any impediments that may be encountered by outbound passengers. She went on to say that the arrival and departure halls, as well as the services that go with them, have been outfitted to ensure quick completion of work, as well as coordination with customs and the Ministry of the Interior to shorten entry and departure procedures and operate additional "counters" during peak times. 

According to the sources, the allocation of passengers to the airport buildings, beginning with the main building T1 and continuing with the two Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways buildings, would help to relieve pressure and congestion. Meanwhile, many tourism and travel agencies fight to lure target clients using a variety of methods, including social media.

To increase profits, travel and tourism offices use a system known as "charter," in which the office buys a certain number of seats on a plane for any country where it believes there will be a large turnout at a specific time, at a lower price than the one at which it will be sold, despite the fact that it is expected to bring in more money.

According to sources in the tourism and travel industry, demand for travel during the Eid Al-Fitr holiday is high, and airline and hotel reservations are at their greatest levels since the Corona pandemic and the return to normalcy. According to the sources, the number of travellers is expected to increase by 20-30% over last year, owing to the fact that many travellers extended their vacations by two weeks and to the end of the month, particularly for students who continue to study online and for schools whose academic year ends after Eid.

According to Ayman Zindah, Director-General of the Salhia Office of Tourism and Travel, the rates of return tickets decrease by 20% after the last day of the holiday due to a lack of seats, while First Class and Business Class are fully filled.

He went on to say that, despite the fact that a number of travellers and reservation holders had bad experiences booking through various websites, there is still demand and an improvement in demand for reservations via the Internet, but only through the most well-known sites, pointing out that what happened was the cancellation of flight reservations made by the airlines, not the websites, without warning, and that the daya of those websites were not modified, putting them in trouble.

The European countries, particularly London, France, Italy, and Munich, as well as Dubai, the Maldives, and Turkey, as well as Georgia, Cairo, Sharm El-Sheikh, and Jordan, are among the most popular destinations for citizens during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, according to Muhammad Al-Zalabani, the Tourist Director of the Luxury Travel Company.

He added that the choice of locations is based on a number of factors; in the past, the cheapest and least stringent countries in terms of health procedures and conditions placed on visitors were chosen.

During the current trip season, it is represented in nations with mild weather and a variety of tourist attractions.

5 strategies to make passenger mobility easier

1- Increasing the number of staff working at the gates and in the transit zones by a factor of two.

2 – Assisting workgroups in overcoming the challenges that travellers face.

3 – Reception and departure halls, as well as related services.

4 – Improving the Ministry of the Interior's and Customs' arrival and exit processes.

5 Traveling Recommendations

1 – Ensuring that the government's travel rules for the nations to be visited are followed.

2 – A valid entrance visa that permits you to visit the nation you've picked.

3 – Keep all of your travel papers, such as receipts and tickets, to protect your rights.

4 – Reducing the number of depositors and beneficiaries to avoid overcrowding and causing confusion in the airport's operations.

5 – If a problem arises, contact the civil aviation airport controller on duty.

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