FT.com / Middle East - Kuwait airlines feel heat of competition

Fly to Dubai for KD8 ($28) or spend another KD10 and holiday in Beirut. For the price of a dinner for two, Kuwait’s consumers can choose from a buffet of airline deals, steals and packages.

Although the choices and the prices are good news for consumers, the competition has had a devastating impact on Kuwait’s infant private aviation sector.

Until five years ago, state-owned Kuwait Airways held a domestic monopoly on air travel from the emirate of 3.5m people.

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