Our flight from Dhaka to Kuwait City was operated by one of Kuwait Airways' new A330 aircraft, which are in a three class configuration. There's first class, business class, and economy class. However, on the Dhaka to Kuwait flight, the airline doesn't actually sell the first class cabin (I guess because the premium cabin demand…
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I wonder if the improvement will allow holders of Israeli passports to fly them...
I think it's very unlikely that the male F/As were Kuwaiti. Kuwaiti citizens don't do those kinds of jobs.
When I flew KU they were all Filipino.
@Alpha is correct. Also, while there is a chance that male flight attendants might be local, it is virtually guaranteed that female flight attendants are imported workers. Muslims regard flight attendants in quite low regard, and Muslim females are shunned completely from such careers.
@ David W -- Yep, belongs to the state, and replaces the 747-400 they used for that purpose before.
If I recall correctly, didnt they use the 747 for passenger service once in a while? Think they'll do the same with the -8? That'd be interesting.
Lucky do you recommend to US passport holders that get stamped to walk through the crew line if there is a big line like yours?
Also maybe a post idea?: What is an Air Marshal, What do they do, why are they more prevalent in more middle east carriers in your posts?
Sure I know they are supposed to help with counter terrorism and prevent hi-jackings but is that such a big problem for these airlines that they have multiple air marshals on flights. Why more middle east carriers?
Question: why are flight attendants often/always so eager to close window shades? They do that at what I regard as inappropriate times, when the sun is not shining in on a specific side, so on.
Don't complain.
We got a single meal on Qatar Business Class DOH-LAX - 15.5 hours. And it was SMALL and not very good at best. And a snack that was inedible and minuscule.
Kuwait is obviously giving better value.
Don't understand how you could possibly rave about Qatar!
"We got a single meal on Qatar Business Class DOH-LAX – 15.5 hours. And it was SMALL and not very good at best. And a snack that was inedible and minuscule.
Kuwait is obviously giving better value.
Don’t understand how you could possibly rave about Qatar!"
Qatar has dine on demand. You canb order what you like, when you like.
"I got a first class seat at a business class price due to how they sell their plane to Dhaka."
No, you didn't, the seat you got was the same as a business class seat on CX, AA (some aircraft), QR (some aircraft), etc.
I mostly agree with what keitherson wrote, except for where he wrote that there are no Muslim flight attendants. While it's true most GCC nationals would never "stoop down" to working as an FA, these airlines do hire non-GCC Arabs as FAs. After all, they do need native Arabic speakers. The majority appear to be from Lebanon, while the rest are Egypt and Morocco. In fact, last year on an Emirates flight I chatted with an FA who was from Syria. And of course when I flew on Iraqi Airways, I met male and female Iraqi FAs.
"I think it’s very unlikely that the male F/As were Kuwaiti. Kuwaiti citizens don’t do those kinds of jobs.
When I flew KU they were all Filipino."
Most wouldn't, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. You do find a few Kuwaiti males here and there who work as FAs.
"Also, while there is a chance that male flight attendants might be local, it is virtually guaranteed that female flight attendants are imported workers. Muslims regard flight attendants in quite low regard, and Muslim females are shunned completely from such careers."
What a ridiculous thing to say. Lucky has flown on various airlines like Saudia, Brunei, Moroccan, Jordanian, etc, which had locals and non-locals working, many of them Muslim. Heck, he even mentioned the FA was Tunisian, and chances are, she was probably Muslim.
"While it’s true most GCC nationals would never “stoop down” to working as an FA, these airlines do hire non-GCC Arabs as FAs"
But you are finding them working more and more these days. Lucky's flights on Saudia featured some on each segment he flew on. Granted, the ones you will see will probably be male, but you are seeing them more and more these days.
@Julia I'll grant that times are changing, especially in Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE more and more local national women are engaged in the workplace. I encountered them on flights as FAs, but scarcely. I while I met many Saudi women, I don't recall meeting any of them working as flight attendants but to be sure I didn't know the nationality of every flight attendant so it's possible.
@Emirates4Ever
Oh I am not disputing about the lack of Gulf Arab women working as FAs. But you do find local men working as FAs and even as pilots on most Gulf airlines these days.
Wow. So much ignorance in the comments above. Locals working (or not working) as FAs has absolutely nothing to do with religion. It is sad to see how in this toxic enviornment everything nowadays is jus being attributed to religion. Oh because they are Muslim they do this and because they are Muslims they don't do that. I'm from the region and I have seen Saudi, Bahraini, and Omani FAs on Saudia, Gulf Air, and Oman Air for as long as I can remeber. But you do not see Kuwaiti, Emirati, or Qatari FAs. Why? Very simple, it's about economics. The nationals of the Qatar, Kuwait and UAE can easily find jobs with higher (as in 2-5x higher) salaries compared to an airline FA job. The job market for Saudis, Omanis, and Bahrainis on the other hand is much more difficult and does not pay so well so financially and FA job makes sense for a lot of nationals. Religion has nothing to do with it.
Thanks for that report.
It confirmed that is an airline I will never pay money to and fly with.
For more than one reason...
Is it normal for an airline to put business class passengers in the first class cabin, and some economy passengers in business? This is a really nice practice (using all the best seats on the plane), but I feel like most other airlines would have just flown the flight with an empty first class cabin (or maybe used it for crew).
Well , The picture of my apartment is there in your final approach pic (Notice the last block of houses and the expressway comes) , that's where it is!