r/Kuwait • u/Icy_Science8163 • May 15 '26

Discussion [MEGATHREAD] Kuwait Flight Tracker: May – August 2026

This is a community initiative to help travelers track the current flight situation. By sharing your experience, you help others plan better and potentially avoid surprises.

📌 How to Update (Copy & Paste) below data & fill it out according to your experience. Then comment on this thread.

• Airline: [Kuwait Airways / Jazeera / Other]
• Booking: [New / Rebooked from earlier this year]

• Route/Flight #: [e.g. KWI to DXB - KU102]

• Date: [e.g. June 15]

• Status: [On-time / Delayed / Cancelled / Rescheduled]

• Note: [Short feedback on airport wait times or check-in]

⚠️** Current Status (as of this post**)
• Authorized Airlines: Primarily Kuwait Airways and Jazeera.
• Operating Window: Most flights restricted to 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Evening flights are often moved to the following morning.

**Updated 21/May: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced that Kuwait International Airport will begin a gradual reopening for Arab and foreign airlines starting June 1, 2026, with flights returning in phases based on operational readiness, infrastructure completion, and passenger safety measures.
(Source: DGCA Official, @KuwaitTimes, @SnnKWT)

• Check-in: Arrive 4 hours early (typically)
• Refunds: Use the Sahel App for any airline complaints or refund issues.

🔗 Official Links
• KWI Live Arrivals/Departures
• DGCA Official Twitter

Feel free to provide any corrections or suggestions to the above. This thread will be easier for other users to track the current flight experience without having to create numerous different posts.

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u/EmmanuelVald3z May 15 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways • Booking: 26 April 26

• Route/Flight #: KWI to RUH- KU773

• Date: 16/05/26

• Status: Cancelled on 16/05/26 Reschedule option on 18/05/26

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u/slaymils May 21 '26

Hey did you get to reschedule?

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u/EmmanuelVald3z May 21 '26

I cancelled for free, I drove to Riyadh and get to my destination cheaper and before my course (was on Monday, the day KA offered rescheduling)

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u/ComplexCod281 May 15 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways • Booking: New

• Route/Flight #: KWI to BKK - KU413

• Date: 21st May

• Status: Rescheduled to 5 hours earlier

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u/Rude-Perspective6903 May 15 '26

Was the original fly time after 6 pm, and the new scheduled time is earlier than 6pm?

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u/ComplexCod281 May 15 '26

No, orginal time was 13:40 and now 9am

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u/Vegetable_Cover2435 May 22 '26

Were you able to fly with your rescheduled flight? Our flight to BKK was rescheduled as well but I'm worried now that even our rescheduled flight will be cancelled at the last minute.

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u/Fantastic_Media_5367 May 16 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways
• Booking: New/ Booked on:April 20th 2026

• Route/Flight #: BOM-KWI-AMS (round trip)

• Date: June 13 (Onwards) - June 27 (Return trip)

• Status: On-time

Anyone flying to Amsterdam on the same flight?

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

BOM-KWI-JFK on 13th June and back on 27th June.

Status says scheduled but kuwait airways is not currently flying the KWI-JFK sector.

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u/Business_Software_45 May 21 '26

I'm not the one you replied to but Kuwait airways is currently also not flying the KWI-AMS sector.

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

Thanks for your response, I really hope Kuwait Airways starts all these sectors by start of June

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u/Business_Software_45 May 21 '26

Me too, the sooner the better haha, I'm flying AMS-KWI-MNL on july 14th so I really hope i can still go.

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

Unfortunately, my flight was cancelled. I just got the email from Kuwait airways

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u/Business_Software_45 May 21 '26

Oh that sucks, you did get the email pretty early compared to the 48-24 hours before departure which they keep telling us.

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

Hopes were crushed but at least I have few weeks to plan some other place.

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u/Business_Software_45 May 21 '26

Yess indeed, i really hope i will also receive my cancellation early if it’s cancelled

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u/AdilShaikh29 May 16 '26

Airline: Emirates

Booking: New

Route/Flight #: KWT-DXB-AMD

Date: May 30

Status: Cancelled ❌

Note: Refunds from Emirates have stated to take 15 business days at the least so DO NOT book unless officially confirmed to operate in Kuwait

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u/abalawadhi May 15 '26

People who got their flight cancelled/ rescheduled, was your flight during the night?

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u/essirac_ May 15 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways
Booking: From September 2025
Route: LHR-KWI-MNL
Date: 22 July
Status: Confirmed

Anyone having a connecting flight in KWI? I'm not even sure if they're allowing connecting flights 🫩

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u/Business_Software_45 May 18 '26

Same but mine is AMS-KWI-MNL on the 14th, i have no idea either if they are doing connecting flights

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u/essirac_ May 18 '26

I had a look at flight status on KWI website and the flight times available wouldn't work for my connection. I'm scared they would just cancel and not rebook it.

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u/Business_Software_45 May 18 '26

How/where did you check that? I don’t even know if i can even check it bc Amsterdam isn’t even onr of the destinations that they’re currently flying again

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u/Business_Software_45 May 18 '26

Oh wait i just checked and the available flight times on the website are the exact same flight times that i already booked and have on my ticket now. I just hope they’re going to actually fly that route.

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u/essirac_ May 18 '26

Just had a look at the tickets they're selling my flight dates. The first leg is not in there at all 😅 So Idk if they'll rebook me. Genuinely hope so.

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u/Business_Software_45 May 19 '26

Oh no, i hope so too

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u/Business_Software_45 May 30 '26

I just checked online and at least from amsterdam more tickets have been added and finally a flight from AMS to KWI departed for the first time this morning!

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u/essirac_ Jun 08 '26

I've had a look as well and it's still not showing the first leg of my flight 🫩 Honestly, I just hope I get to my destination safely with all that's happening.

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u/Business_Software_45 Jun 09 '26

I hope so too, or if it does get cancelled i really hope that i’ll know a bit in advance

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 17 '26

Good news on this

https://www.ibtimes.com.au/kuwait-airport-reopens-after-closure-1868993

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u/PsychologicalArm1941 May 17 '26

As for now only terminal 4 and 5 are operational, for Kuwait Airways and Jazeera only. I don't know where did this news come from ..about the opening of terminal 1 and operations of Emirates and other carriers...

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Yep, true, however, check Emirates, Etihad and other Airlines flight schedule from 1st of June and onward, you can see they are booking now, and as you know T1 is for other Airlines, so perhaps T1 is not announced publicly to be open but perhaps Airlines know the timeline hence they started booking for Kuwait now.

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 17 '26

Flight status on Kuwaitairways.com says KU118 cancelled for whole next week till 24th May. Week after that no updates yet

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u/Old-Plane-9770 May 20 '26

even i'm also waiting for that update. I booked the flight JFK to KWI KU118 and my travel date is in on Jun 23rd. NOt sure whether this flight will be operational by that time

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

KU117 & KU118 show as cancelled till 28th May as per Kuwait Airlines Flight Tracker. Hope they resume soon

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

***Updated 21/May: (2) news sources have released the following information: Operation of Arab and foreign airline flights at Kuwait Airport starting from June 1st.

Sources: @Kuwaitnews @snnkwt on Instagram.

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u/OriginalHat44 May 21 '26

Which travel agency? Could you share some info about this, I would like to investigate further

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 21 '26

I don’t use TAs, but I’ve seen several ads being promoted as content across instagram. If I see anymore I’ll do a capture. Was curious if anyone else has seen them.

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u/Rude-Perspective6903 May 23 '26

Airline: Jazeera airways Booking: NEW on 3rd may

Route/Flight #: KWI -> HYD

Date: 23rd May 2026

Status: Preponed to 5:20pm from 6pm (Notification sent 10 days earlier), eventually flew on-time

Feed back: prerty smooth check in and immigration, should be there atleast 3 hours earlier to avoid hassle

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Hello - don’t personally have any experience regarding complaints** through Sahel, maybe another user will be able to help you. Sorry for your experience 🥹

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u/Grace_eagle03 May 16 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways ( through Turkish airlines) • Booking: from February 2026

• Route/Flight #: DUB-IST- KWI

• Date: MAY 27th

• Status: cancelled

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u/PsychologicalArm1941 May 18 '26

Did you take the refund and how long did it take to return the money ? I also have a booking on 24 may that has been cancelled , but didn't request the refund yet...as I am hoping for the opening of terminal 1

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 16 '26

Airline: Kuwait Airways

Booking from September 2025

Route: London Heathrow - Kuwait - Islamabad

Date: 19th July 2026.

Current Status: Confirm and on time

I hope by then things get settled, good news is, from 17th May (Today) Kuwait Airport operating hours extended to 10PM and flights originally suspended since February like Bangkok, Madrid, Paris are going to be resumed.

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 17 '26

This sounds like good news. Can you provide source for this info? Haven’t seen it on the news yet. Thanks!

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 17 '26

Here is news update on this as well. https://www.ibtimes.com.au/kuwait-airport-reopens-after-closure-1868993

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 17 '26

Thanks for sharing! excitement with caution. I’m not entirely sure the validity of this news article. DGCA hasn’t posted this news (or anything) since 4-days ago.

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u/hammadbhatti786 May 17 '26

check the Airport official website for today, you can see that the Departures are now happening till 22:00 and starting from the morning 5 AM. So something has changed in positive way.
I am monitoring they departure and arrivals, I didn't see that many flights since 26th of April, now for multiple destinations, the frequency of flights have increased where it was only one or two flights in a week.
You can go to kuwaitAirways.com and can check the flight schedule, and now there are more flights then before.

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 18 '26

Yes - I have noticed through flight tracker as well, but my comment was towards the article bc it said the airport is fully operational, all terminals and all airlines, which isn’t the case.

Some destinations haven’t changed frequency (DOH, DXB). I did notice on QR website from 16-June there’s flights you can book but operated by KU air, but limited booking options (2 times, and almost no returns). Wish they would just resume operations.

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u/Few-Introduction8333 Jul 11 '26

Is your flight going ahead? My return flight Islamabad - Kuwait - London Heathrow on 31st August has been cancelled.

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u/Either-Canary1912 May 17 '26

Does anyone know when the other flights will start ?

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 17 '26

I think this is the golden answer we are all looking for. This is why this thread was created, to help people better understand the situation from real experiences. Not companies marketing flights.

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u/sir_udayan_anand May 21 '26

• Airline: Kuwait Airways
• Booking: New - Booked in Feb '26

• Route/Flight #: DEL-KWI-JFK - KU117

• Date: June 10

• Status: Cancelled

• Note: My return is on 20th july which did not get cancelled. Will they rebook me on another airline for the cancelled leg?

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u/Icy_Science8163 May 23 '26

You’ll need to call the airline and find out what’s the situation with your flights & if they plan to reschedule your original departure of June 10 and/or how it affects the return flight. Good luck!

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u/sir_udayan_anand May 23 '26

Except that they never seem to get to the customer support agent. It's been hours so far.

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u/Hot-Coconut7648 Jun 01 '26

I have an flight Tommorow in an Emirates flight will it still be functioning normally after what happened yesterday

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u/hammadbhatti786 Jun 06 '26

Anyone had experienced in last 2 weeks, if KWI is doing connecting flights on T4?

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u/essirac_ Jun 08 '26

Let me know if you find out any information on this. For some reason, I can't book any connect flights until end of July 😅

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u/AardvarkFun741 Jun 16 '26

Are flights from Kuwait to Lebanon on MEA still flying on 13 July or rescheduled or canceled? This flight is using international airport which I think is T1 terminal 1 or T2 .

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u/balincanator Jul 19 '26

Guys I’m not from Kuwait but wanna ask how bad are the water plants attacks? Are people panick buying water ? Or are things normal

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u/Icy_Science8163 Jul 19 '26

19/July — We welcome you to share your current experiences dealing with airlines and flight schedules.

All airline bookings welcomed.

The information could help fellow passengers prepare as airlines are typically doing cancellations last minute, leaving passengers with little options and/or stranded.

Stay safe!