Over the weekend a brand new Kuwait Airways Boeing 777-300ER plane arrived to Kuwait. This is the second new plane to come into service and there are 8 more coming before the end of the year. The first 777 is supposed to fly the Kuwait – London route but I’m not sure if they’ve started yet. I’m planning on going to London next month and a return ticket on both Kuwait Airways and British Airways are equally priced at just KD133. If the new 777 is being used, I might just fly Kuwait Airways instead since the interior of the new planes are much newer than BA.
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34 replies on “Second New Kuwait Airways Plane Arrives”
I don’t fly Kuwait air I worry that the maintenance that is required will be at the same level we see all maintenance done with all government buildings and operations.
to those who fly them you are braver than I.
Kuwait Airways maintenance record is actually ridiculously good. How do you think their super old planes lasted so long?
Still so easy to just sign off that an inspection has been done while having tea. Just don’t have confidence with any government run anything.
you’re just talking out of your ass now. its a fucking passenger plane not a bakala, you can’t just “sign off” without actual work being done. It’s not like the same ministry employee who stamps your paperwork is also working on the plane.
why not you simply sign the form and make an entry in the log book. not trying to get into a fight here just saying..
Kuwait Airways is certified to do heavy checks on Lufthansa & BA airplanes and is a school in maintenance, Facts are facts doesn’t matter what you think of them.
thank god I fly KLM
And KLM and Etihad and Mea And Saudia and much more.
You thought KLM have dutch blue eyed technicians maintaining their planes in Kuwait? Ooooppppppsssss
Flying sober sucks
I’d rather fly BA than KA, at least the movies and TV shows aren’t censored and the food probably wont make me feel ill.
Food in KU exceeds BA in both portion & quality.
Portion and quality? The “quality” of the food left a bad feeling in my stomach, and as for portion, its about as same as BA, what you order?
+1
I never let airlines control what I watch. I always have my media player with me filled with shows and movies I want to watch. I just realized I’ve had the same media player for over 4 years. That was a good investment… https://248am.com/mark/personal/galaxy-tab-2-7-0-as-a-media-player/
Sometimes BA or other airlines show movies I want to watch and why should I bother with the hassle of downloading stuff and use a tablet device on a long haul flight? I usually use one on short haul flights when there isnt in-flight entertainment available.
“Sometimes” that’s why. Instead of getting stuck on a flight with nothing interesting to watch I make sure I control my own entertainment. I know what I like , the airline doesn’t so I curate my own content for the flight.
The next step is to control your food. Then and only then you will be an elite traveller Mark.
lol i don’t care much about the food, but i need distraction, i can’t sit for an hour or two and not have something to do or watch yet alone for 16 hours (Abu Dhabi to LA).
Food IS a distraction …
For like 2 minutes
https://www.wikihow.com/Eat-Slowly
hahaha thats amazing
Is it cool to put flipped kuwaiti flag on the plane? The black portion should always be on the left.
thats true but not when displayed on a moving object.
The flag is correct 100%
This is standard practice in the airline industry. The position of the flag is placed in the direction the wind would blow it
Check out Etihad and look at the tip of the plane, you will the see that the UAE flag flipped on the right side
I got it. Flag is positioned to give the feeling of flying with the breeze.Mark, disregard my previous comment please.
There’s an article in today’s Al Qabas newspaper about a Kuwait Airways pilot performing prayer during a flight to Beirut blocking first class passengers from going to the toilet until he’s done. When the author tried to move through, the pilot shouted at him and told him to go back to his seat or else. The author is in the process of launching a formal complaint with IATA according to the article.
Link: https://alqabas.com/340652/
Maybe he was one of the pilots who said they had a spell put on them that made them have sex with the stewardesses. No one has been able to say if the spell was successfully lifter of if they are fling while still spell bound…..
KU has started operations to London with the new 777 ..
but its not everyday ..
lemme know the dates you’re traveling on and i could let you know.
if not the 777 , they operate the 330 which is also quite a new aircraft.
You can track both aircraft via flightware; the tail numbers are 9KAOC and 9KAOD
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/9KAOC
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/9KAOD
The first one (AOC) is normally on the Kuwait – NY leg, but it was also flown to Bombay and Dubai oddly (probably crew familiarization flights).
The second one (AOD) – well, it has only had its delivery/ferry flight (from Everett, Washington to Kuwait – 13 hours and 24 minutes non-stop) so far, so we still have to wait for it to get its first routing.
I flew back from London last Saturday on the new 777. It was the 10:30 am flight as opposed to the later one. Entertainment system was great and leg room is also quite reasonable. The crew varied from being excellent to incompetent at best.
Just boarded the new Boeing 777 300-ER. Had tablet loaded with media given past experience but impressed with the massive displays and selection. Spotless planes as of now. They kind of still have the “new car” smell. Impressed.