Kuwait Airways

Pros: Cheap flights.
Cons: Old planes, no customer service, truly failed and nearly doomed airline.

The Truth about Kuwait airways and how they can survive? Kuwait Airways is the national Airlines of the Arab State of Kuwait. It has remarkably managed to survive through some extremely difficult times of trouble. The airline was ...

Pros: Cheap Flights
Cons: Security Concerns, Poor Inflight entertainment

Last month I traveled with Kuwait Airlines from Bangkok to Manila so thought I would share my thoughts on them. Given its name, you will not be surprised to find out this is the airline of the Kingdom Of Kuwait. Both legs were on an Airbus A340 ...

Pros: Good service, newer planes for the longer haul flights. Polite ground staff
Cons: Food, complete lack of acknowledgement over theft.

I flew this airline in August on route from JFK to Chennai, India. There were two legs to this journey. One approximately 12 hours from JFK to Kuwait, and other about 5 from Kuwait to Chennai. My family decided to go to India fairly late in the summer, ...

Pros: inexpensive seats available through consolidators
Cons: no airline alliances, so frequent flier tickets unlikely

I booked on Kuwait Airways from New York to London because it was the least expensive flight I could find in late May. Every comment I read about this airline mentioned that they don't serve alcohol--none mentioned that they do have a smoking...

Pros: Inexpensive!!, quality food, real silverware
Cons: American Express or cash payment only, 2 hours of movies, service curt, 2 flights AMS-CHI

Overall not a bad experience. Flew direct from Chicago to Amsterdam for $300 round trip. Got everything we paid for. The check in was a little slow due to the large number and size of bags people were checking in, but the staff was overall efficient. ...

Pros: Good Inflight Service/ Staff are very accomodating of special needs/ On time and reliable
Cons: Limited flight Schedules/ Reservations reconfirmation still required/ Some service standards have been lowered

Review Summary: 1)Introduction 2)Inflight pros and cons 3)Timliness and reliability 4)other Setb ...

Pros: cheap flight
Cons: food, service, condition of the plane

Yes, I did get a good price on my ticket to India via Chicago ($1500 versus $2250 on KLM). Along with this price came the worst travel experience ever. Traveling this airline is a nightmare because of the poor service, food, and flight delays.
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Pros: Decent Indian food
Cons: Everything else other than the food

I flew from Nashville, TN to Hyderabad, India round trip in March’2008. I flew Delta from Nashville to New York (JFK) and it took forever for us to get to the right terminal for check in. I am not impressed with JFK at all, especially with lack of ...

Pros: Cheap Tickets, Reaches kerala( india ) faster than any other carrier as of now
Cons: Poor ground service in kuwait and chicago.Arbitrary cabin baggage rules.

Travelled on kuwait airways to India ( kochi ) on may 2002
and returned on june 2002.

The journey to cochin was pleasant for everything except for
the ground staff in chicago.
First the person checking me in told that my cabin...

Pros: Cheaper fares, Ok service, Non-Smoking.
Cons: English, Exterior, Entertainment.

I recently traveled from India to US on this airline. I didn't find any obvious flaw overall. The fares were cheaper, the flights were on-time and the transit stay in Kuwait Airport Hotel was of acceptable standards.

I did find a problem with...

Pros: Low fare, new aircraft, reliable & good entertainment system
Cons: No alcohol, no frequent flyer miles and Kuwait maybe a hub

For a person like me who flies to Asia each year, at my own expense, the availability of a value airline is great.

Kuwait Airways is just that. Reliable, new aircraft, good inflight entertainment. I have flown them from the US and the UK to...

Pros: cheap, great service, great food, new planes
Cons: no cons

"Kuwait Airways, oh my god are you crazy to fly with such a carrier?" That's what everybody said, when I told them, that I booked a flight with Kuwait Airways.
Obviously nobody ever made a trip with Kuwait Airways but everybody...

Pros: Standard service
Cons: DISCRIMINATING GROUND STAFF.

On a recent flight from NY to Bombay, I had a bad experience at Kuwaiti National Airport. The Aircraft and service is upto standard, but that's not complete the equation for a Pleasant Journey.
I had this medium size Carry on Baggage with me which...

Pros: Cheap tickets
Cons: Rudeness and humiliation

I am writing on behalf of my mother, who is a US citizen of Indian origin age 74. She is under 5 feet tall and has a bad knee and is unable to walk distances without assistance. She was returning to JFK from Mumbai India on June 22 2004 on flights KU ...

Pros: Good connections to India, flights ontime
Cons: Won't pay for lost baggage, Arbitrary cabin baggage rules

I made a trip to India from US and my baggage didnot come. Kuwait Airways waited more than 2 weeks to declare the baggage as lost. Even after declaring the bag lost and sending all the claim forms, they didnot pay me. After two months they located the...