Kuwait Airways said in an announcement that most of its scheduled flights required rescheduling after a temporary suspension of takeoffs and landings at Kuwait International Airport. The airline directed passengers with bookings to check their flight status through SMS alerts sent to registered numbers from their reservations. Those needing further assistance can contact customer service by calling 171 from inside Kuwait, reaching +965 24345555 extension 171 from outside the country or messaging via WhatsApp at +965 1802050.
The suspension followed Iranian aggression that targeted Kuwait, prompting authorities to halt commercial operations as a precautionary measure. Kuwait’s foreign ministry stated that a similar attack in June 2026 killed one person and caused significant material damage to the airport along with other civilian sites. The ministry described the earlier assault as criminal Iranian aggression that also resulted in injuries to several individuals.
Safe Airspace data indicates that Kuwait’s flight information region experienced multiple closures and partial reopenings between February and July 2026 amid the wider Iran-related conflict. Al Jazeera reported that at least eight states including Kuwait closed their airspace in late February 2026 as retaliatory strikes and military activity spread across the Middle East. Reuters figures show that airlines cancelled about 28 percent of flights to Kuwait during the initial wave of disruptions that month.
The carrier underlined that passenger and crew safety remained its overriding concern until full operations could resume without risk. In the June incident Asharq Al-Awsat reported that Kuwait Airways moved quickly to reschedule affected services once the civil aviation authority cleared Terminal 4 for departures following damage assessments. The authority later restored activity to approximately 190 daily flights according to social media updates from aviation observers who tracked the recovery.
Passengers holding tickets for the current round of adjusted services should refrain from heading to the airport without confirmed updates on their specific flights. The announcement did not detail the precise number of departures involved but made clear that the bulk of the daily programme stood affected by the closure. Kuwait Airways maintains an extensive route network linking Kuwait to cities throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Earlier disruptions linked to the same regional tensions saw several Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways flights diverted to neighbouring airports as a safety step, Instagram updates from aviation accounts noted at the time. The latest measures align with a pattern in which the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has repeatedly evaluated conditions before authorising any return to normal scheduling. Kuwait Airways continues to coordinate with aviation authorities on the timing for restoring full services once the situation stabilises.
