Kuwait Airways plans to open direct flights to Vietnam

Ambassador Nguyen Duc Thang (Left) and Chairman of Kuwait Airways Abdulmohsen Salem Alfagaan (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

The two sides discussed Vietnam's tourism and trade potential, and promoted activities to connect people of the two countries through air routes.

Established in 1953, Kuwait Airways has operated and developed for over 70 years, expanded its flight routes to more than 50 countries as destinations, signed codeshare agreements with 11 airlines and opened more than 40 offices worldwide.

Mr. Abdulmohsen said that in order to realize the goals of “Vision 2035”, the airline has identified a strategy to expand its flight network and connect more destinations, and wishes to cooperate with Vietnam Airlines to sign a codeshare agreement, gradually implementing the plan to open direct flights.

Welcoming the proposal of Kuwait Airways Chairman Abdulmohsen Alfagaan, Ambassador Thang affirmed that Vietnam is actively becoming a new destination for tourists from Muslim countries, with over 12% of total visitors coming from this region in recent years. Aviation cooperation between the two countries at this time is an important goal to optimally exploit the tourism potential as well as economic activities, cultural and people-to-people exchanges in the coming time.

At the meeting, the two sides agreed to increase information exchange and coordination to promote relevant parties to soon implement Vietnam-Kuwait aviation cooperation./.