In an expansion of its Middle East network, Singapore Airlines has announced it will operate flights from Singapore to Kuwait from 15 March 2009 and increase flight frequencies to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Cairo. The announcement marks Singapore Airlines’ return to Kuwait since the late 1970s, when it operated flights to Europe via the Gulf state.
The new 4 times weekly service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays via Abu Dhabi using a 2-class Boeing 777-200 aircraft. Flight SQ 458 will depart Singapore at 1405 hrs, landing in Abu Dhabi at 1735 hrs before continuing to Kuwait City at 1835 hrs, where it will arrive at 1915 hrs. The return flight, SQ 457, departs Kuwait City at 2030 hrs, arriving at 2305 hrs in Abu Dhabi for a brief stopover, before taking off the next day at 0005 hrs for Singapore to arrive at 1125 hrs.
Kuwait will be the airline’s 6th destination in the Middle East. With the additional services, Singapore Airlines will operate daily between Singapore and Abu Dhabi. The airline currently operates 3 times weekly flights via the Emirati capital to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Singapore Airlines has also announced it will increase frequencies to Cairo from the current 3 times weekly to 4 times weekly from 12 March 2009. Flight SQ 492 will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays via Dubai, bringing the number of frequencies between Singapore and Dubai to 21 times weekly, of which 17 flights operate beyond to Cairo, Istanbul, Moscow and Riyadh.
