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Airport & Sea Ports
Kuwait International Airport is in Farwaniyah, about 17km from the
centre of Kuwait City. The airport has two terminals. The Terminal-1
is used for short-haul passenger flights and freight, and has nearby
cargo handling and storage facilities. Just east of this terminal is
Terminal-2, the main passenger terminal. All long distance flights
depart from and arrive at Terminal-2, which is built in the shape of
an aero plane, its arrival and departure areas forming the wings of
a long fuselage which contain the aircraft access gates.
Kuwait Airport is installed with the latest and most sophisticated
equipment and exclusive facilities and services like flight
information monitors, banks, restaurants, mosque, shops, airline
offices, call taxi & car rental services, mobile telephone hiring
service, hotel reservation, duty free shopping center and a transit
airport hotel. With the recent development, the country's only
international airport has doubled its capacity to six million
passengers a year. In addition, there are 3 main Sea Ports, namely
Al-Shuwaikh, Al-Shuaiba and Doha. The first is the largest and
oldest of the 3 ports and was established in 1960.
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