Car Hire Kuwait Airport

Kuwait Airport Mini Guide

Kuwait airport is situated approximately 15 kilometres from the Kuwait capital, Kuwait City. The airport is large and needs to be with passenger numbers now reaching over eight million a year. The airport is designed to handle 7 million passengers so it is now dealing with more passengers than its capacity. Due to this volume a new terminal has been proposed and is due for construction and will increase the airport passenger handling amount to around twenty million a year.



The airport has one terminal that handles all domestic and international flights. The terminal was part of a large renovation project that lasted from 1999 to 2001. As a result there was a new entrance created, more parking facilities, bigger check in areas and the development of more shopping, eating and duty free areas. Shopping at Kuwait Airport you will find many well-known international shopping brands such as Virgin and Debenhams as well as fast food conveniences such as Starbucks, KFC and Pizza Express. Aldeasa group runs the duty free, which is a leading retailer in the duty free marketplace.

The airport is a major hub for the airlines Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways, Wataniya Airways and United Aviation. In total almost fifty airlines operate scheduled and charter flights in and out of the airport throughout the year. Passengers arriving at the airport will find car hire and parking facilities as well as a large luxury airport hotel just a couple of hundred metres from the main terminal which makes for extremely convenient stays for business and pleasure.