Kuwait Airways denies ban on flying some nationalities

Kuwait Airways has rejected reports it has imposed a ban on some nationalities boarding flights at Kuwait International Airport. The airline took to Twitter to deny claims published online by a local newspaper Wednesday. “The company would like to clarify that what was published on social networking sites about the ban on the travel of a number of nationalities on-board of Kuwait Airways is completely untrue. The company has not issued such a statement,” Kuwait Airways said. The statement follows a report on a Kuwaiti daily website quoting Kuwait Airways chairman Yousef Al Jassim as saying that 9 nationalities would be banned from boarding Kuwait Airways planes. The daily claimed the ban covered citizens from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Bangladesh and North Korea. <br/>