Report: Wataniya Airways threatened with closure by Kuwait authorities

Kuwaiti hybrid carrier Wataniya Airways has been told by the country’s regulator to improve its standards of service or potentially face closure, according to a report from state-run news agency KUNA. The Aug. 25 report said that Kuwait’s Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has told the airline, which started operations in 2017, that it has until Sept. 6 to resolve recurrent flight delays and cancellations. Failure to do so would result in its operating permit being suspended for three months as an initial penalty. Continued failure to solve the problems would result in it being permanently stripped of its licence, according to the report. KUNA said that the DGCA had issued several previous warnings to Wataniya regarding the problems, without effect. Wataniya currently operates a small fleet of four Airbus A320ceos to more than a dozen destinations. <br/>