Wataniya Airways

[YS11]

Wataniya Airways announced they are drastically reducing their network from December05th 2010, citing adverse market conditions. The Kuwait-based carrier said it will no longer operate flights from its home base to Amman, Bahrain, Damascus and Jeddah and will reduce the frequency of services to Dubai. 3 of its 7 A320 will be taken out of service and staff numbers also will be reduced. It also operates to Beirut, Sharm El-Sheikh, Cairo, Vienna (VIE) and Istanbul (IST). However, Wataniya announced on December08th a further 10 new european connections to their network via VIE, operated 3-times weekly : Amsterdam, Berlin, Bologna, Graz, Hamburg, Rome (FCO), Lyon, Munich, Nice and Venice. (ITJ, November30th / ATW, December01st / Just4airlines, December08th 2010).

[phkza]

Don't get too excited: will be codeshares with Austrian.