Kuwait Airways to Launch Six Weekly Flights from Thiruvananthapuram
Introduction
Starting from the 3rd of September 2025, Kuwait Airways will greatly enhance its services to South India with their six flights a week departing from Thiruvananthapuram. This development is anticipated to serve the needs of Kerala’s substantial Gulf diaspora, as well as of business and leisure travelers, and further enhance connectivity to international and regional hubs.
Key Aspects
- Service frequencies almost daily from Thiruvananthapuram to Kuwait commencing in September 2025.
- Better connectivity to the large Middle Eastern Kerala’s expatriate community.
- Additional opportunities for business, academic, and recreational travel.
- This gives the opportunity to enhance international links through Kuwait to other countries of Europe, and the United States, and the African continent.
Legal Framework
- The increase takes place following the signing of a new bi-lateral air services agreement this July 2025, which raised the weekly seat entitlement between India and Kuwait to 18,000 seats.
- The capacity increase is the first in almost two decades and mirrors the demand for flights on Gulf routes.
- Flight operations remain subject to India’s DGCA and to Kuwait’s civil aviation regulations for safety and operational compliance.
This step marks an important development in India and Kuwait relations. Kuwait Airways’ decision to scale up operations from Thiruvananthapuram not only strengthened aviation ties with India by development for Kerala’s aviation sector but strengthened cultural ties. In addition to addressing passenger demand but also deepening aviation, trade, and cultural ties between India and Kuwait. If we look at this from a tourism point of view, this means better connectivity, more options, and smoother international travel from South India.
Source: PTI
