KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Board Chairman Abdulmohsen Al-Faqan affirmed on Friday that the 6 percent increase in operating revenues during the second quarter of this year reflects the airline’s commitment to implementing initiatives aimed at developing all operational sectors approved by the board of directors. Al-Faqan explained in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that "these initiatives focused on reducing expenses and increasing revenues, in addition to taking measures to limit additional costs while ensuring operational safety.”
He stressed that the company’s board of directors is striving to bring the national carrier to the highest levels of performance and efficiency and provide the best services to the company’s customers according to the set plan, noting that these results are the fruit of success and great effort made by Kuwait Airways employees throughout the year and the extent of dedication to work to achieve these accomplishments and positive and distinguished results.
He added that this "proves the company’s commitment to developing its operational system and improving the quality of its performance as a whole, whether at the service, operational, technical or The company’s working cadres.” He pointed out that the success came despite the challenges that the company faced recently, including the limited number of aircraft due to the delay in receiving aircraft from the factory for reasons related to a shortage of spare parts, in addition to the geopolitical tensions, regional conditions and instability that the region has experienced, indicating that the company was able to overcome these challenges and achieve the desired goals.
He pointed out that Kuwait Airways continues to focus on improving the company’s performance in terms of increasing revenues and reducing expenses without affecting the quality of services provided to its customers, most notably operational security and safety, in addition to providing new services that keep pace with the latest developments in the aviation industry around the world in all service aspects.
Kuwait Airways announced on Friday that it achieved operating revenues of $324 million in the second quarter of 2025, up six percent compared to the first quarter of the same year. Kuwait Airways stated in a post on its official social media account (X) that the company achieved $285 million in sales revenues, up 14 percent compared to the first quarter of the current year. It added that costs decreased in the second quarter of the current year by $19.4 million, a savings rate of 20 percent compared to the first quarter of 2025, indicating that the accuracy of operating schedules (OTP) reached 85 percent. It explained that the number of departing flights reached 7,063 flights in the second quarter of 2025, up nine percent compared to the first quarter of the year, noting that the number of passengers reached one million, an increase of nine percent.
Kuwait Airways was established in 1953 as a private company under the name (Kuwait National Airways Limited) and began its first flights on March 16, 1954. The Kuwaiti government acquired full ownership of 100 percent in 1962. — KUNA
