Kuwait Airways

[Dobbo]

That strikes me as (potentially) a bit of a coup...

 

[Dobbo]

http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/07/kuwait-airways-to-launch-sarajevo.html?m=1

Also refers to Manchester.

 

[ethanegcc]

The rumour certainly isn't dying down and seems more rife now than ever. A poster on airliners.net who started the rumour said MAN will be a mix of Boeing 777-300ER and A330-200. I hope they can catch a bit of a transfer market through Kuwait, and I can't wait to see whether this comes to fruition.

 

[Aceshigh]

That must mean a "few" services a week rather than the 2 that I believe were envisaged ?

 

[Scottie Dog]

Rumour is that Kuwait Airways will commence scheduled service Kuwait City to Manchester as follows:

KU149/150 proposed new three per week KWI service from 03Jul with A330-200 Tue, Fri and Sun, 1410/1540z

 

[Chilly Dog]

New service starts 4 May.

Twice weekly on Wed and Sun ex Manchester. A320.

 

[Land23R]

The times seemed to have changed significantly per SeanM's post on twitter. An 05.00 arrival (BST) and 06.00 departure.

 

[CM.]

New service starts 4 May.

Twice weekly on Wed and Sun ex Manchester. A320.

To add to your post here’s the flight times and days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1485556446641143810

 

[Seasider]

They must know what they are doing, but they do not look like good timings.

 

[Llandudno]

It’s timed to meet the Indian connection bank that Kuwait Airways has. It would also run a flight to Heathrow at this time if it had the early AM slots to do so, but thanks to MANs 24 hour status, MAN can operate at these times.

 

[LS@MAN]

I imagine a remote stand only at that ungodly hour! What terminal is allocated?

 

[Llandudno]

I imagine a remote stand only at that ungodly hour! What terminal is allocated?

Why would it need a remote stand? There are other flights that come and go at that time of night. Easyjet has some 0500 arrivals from Dalaman and 0300 arrivals from Tenerife. TUI has flights around those times too while Pegasus have a Dalaman that arrives 1210 and departs 0110 (which I think is worse tbh) and as for the 0500 departure, 30 minutes later and you start getting the likes of the JFK flights arriving if they are running to their usual early arrival times.

 

[LS@MAN]

Why would it need a remote stand? There are other flights that come and go at that time of night. Easyjet has some 0500 arrivals from Dalaman and 0300 arrivals from Tenerife. TUI has flights around those times too while Pegasus have a Dalaman that arrives 1210 and departs 0110 (which I think is worse tbh) and as for the 0500 departure, 30 minutes later and you start getting the likes of the JFK flights arriving if they are running to their usual early arrival times.

Because at that time normally all airbridge stands across all terminal are usually taken up ready for first wave departures from 5.30am.

Ah right, I wasn't aware of 5am Easyjet arrivals...but after looking on FR24 most evenings I see TUI & EZY do have some 2/3am arrivals on some days.
Of course it's not until the summer schedule kicks in when we see the "all nighter" operation properly come to life.

 

[CM.]

I imagine a remote stand only at that ungodly hour! What terminal is allocated?

To question on which terminal Kuwait are using. It’s believed to be Terminal 3. Hope this helps.

 

[Chilly Dog]

Extra services added…still starting May.

possibly change of schedule, possibly it’s gone up to five weekly.

..3...7 MAN KWI 0500 1340 KU 114 320*C
.2.4..7 MAN KWI 1245 2125 KU 114 32N*C

.2.4..7 KWI MAN 0630 1145 KU 113 32N*C
.2...6. KWI MAN 2245# 0400 KU 113 320*C

and yep curretly loaded as Terminal 3 MAN.

 

[Llandudno]

Extra services added…still starting May.

possibly change of schedule, possibly it’s gone up to five weekly.

..3...7 MAN KWI 0500 1340 KU 114 320*C
.2.4..7 MAN KWI 1245 2125 KU 114 32N*C

.2.4..7 KWI MAN 0630 1145 KU 113 32N*C
.2...6. KWI MAN 2245# 0400 KU 113 320*C

and yep curretly loaded as Terminal 3 MAN.

The Tue/Thu/Sun lines replace the Wed/Sun lines so will be 3 weekly once the original schedule gets filtered out. Thanks for highlighting

 

[Llandudno]

Kuwait Airways now fully on sale across all platforms. Starts 1st May, 3 weekly on Tue/Thu and Sun, arriving 1145 departing 1245. Great news.

 

[Scottie Dog]

@SPD_Travels

Only 5 more days until Manchester gains a new link to a Middle Eastern hub. Great to see these links added after so much global turmoil.

Wikimedia commons. https://t.co/kFoLRf7N2o

 

[CM.]

Kuwait to use the A330 on random dates starting from June 12th

https://twitter.com/x/status/1532883444396703749

 

[jfy1999]

Kuwait to use the A330 on random dates starting from June 12th

https://twitter.com/x/status/1532883444396703749

All flights between July 5th and July 31st will now be flown by the A330-200

Kuwait Airways July 2022 Manchester Capacity Increases — AeroRoutes

Published at 0730GMT 07JUN22 Kuwait Airways in July 2022 is increasing capacity on its recently launched Kuwait City – Manchester route, reflected in recent schedule update. From 05JUL22 to 31JUL22, Airbus A330-200 aircraft to operate 3 weekly flights, replacing Airbus A320neo. KU113 KWI0620 –

aeroroutes.com