Neelam Mathews
Jan 26, 2013
Kuwait's national carrier Kuwait Airways has said it plans to buy
new aircraft though the number has not been decided as yet following a long-standing bill cleared by parliament that will allow the carrier to privatize.
Chairman Sami al-Nasef was
quoted by reporters saying half of the aircraft would be small and the other
half large.
He told MPs only 10-12 aircraft
of the carrier's ageing fleet were operational and the remainder were under
"extended maintenance."
Kuwait Airways has a fleet of 15
Airbus and two Boeing aircraft.
According to a local paper, “Under
the bill, initially issued by the emir in October when parliament was
dissolved, the government will pay all losses incurred by KAC and estimated by
some MPs at more than $1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros)….The aim of the new
company is to restructure the airline and make it profitable before completely
privatising it by inviting foreign or local investors to bid for 35 percent of
the privatised company.”
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