Business of…Kuwait Airways

With Kuwait Airways’ stake sale likely to be the first privatisation of a Gulf-owned carrier (if anyone actually shows interest), Kipp looks at what could have happened that has led the airline to its downward spiral.
August 4, 2011 11:50 by shafeer
Even with the rollercoaster ride Kuwait Airways has gone through it’s not excuse for its lack of innovation especially with the amount of competition that has popped up in the last decade. The Middle East has welcomed a number of regionally and globally competitive carriers in that time, including low cost carriers like Air Arabia and FlyDubai down to the global airlines like Etihad, Qatar Airways and Emirates.
More on Cover Story
-
Turkey bans alcohol advertising
-
Arab Spring nations hit delayed economic recovery
-
Dubai ruler makes horse doping illegal
-
Over 90% of passwords vulnerable to hacking
-
Real cost of sending your child to a Dubai school
-
BurgerFuel rockets its way across Dubai
-
Middle East deadly virus – what do we call it?
-
Gold iPad at Burj Al Arab
-
Iranians face new Internet curbs
-
Qatar’s Leverage Over Banks Is On The Wane
-
Arabtec Says Workers End Strike
-
First report by Etisalat covering global footprint
-
Yahoo on Tumblr: ‘we promise not to screw it up’
-
Arabtec workers: strike will continue
-
Kuwait: expats sent packing
-
Minimum wage ‘unfair’ for employers?
-
Dubai Labourers on ‘rare’ labour protest
-
Tumblr officially off the market
-
Saudi government websites targeted
-
A major step for Turkey
Gold iPad at Burj Al Arab
Minimum wage ‘unfair’ for employers?
Taking on Abercrombie & Fitch
Fake pilot ‘on the run’
“Your customers aren’t fools”
Behind the curtain of Simone Heng
Chatting with the man behind Dubai City Pass
A business discussion with the author of ‘Connect The Dots’































