KUWAIT CITY: Director of the Air Transport Department at the Directorate- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Abdullah Al-Rajhi said during the three days of the Eid Al-Adha holidays the Kuwait International Airport (KIA) handled about 30.6 thousand incoming and outgoing passengers aboard 282 flights, reports Al-Anba daily. Al-Rajhi stated on the first day of Eid the KIA witnessed the operation of about 90 flights, distributed among 44 incoming flights and 46 departures, while the second day of Eid witnessed the operation of about 95 flights between incoming and outgoing flights, and the third day of about 97 flights.

Al-Rajhi praised the success of the plan developed by the DGCA and the various authorities operating at the airport to prevent overcrowding keeping in line with the instructions issued by the health authorities. Moreover, over the two days the KIA is expected to witness a remarkable movement of return flights to the country, after the end of the Eid al-Adha holidays./KT