Kuwait Airways

Islamabad-Kuwait-New York. From Islamabad to Kuwait it was A320. Seats very nice spacious and leather. The food was also very good. Flight left 2 hours late due to a technical problem. From Kuwait to New York it was a Boeing 777. There were plenty of vacant seats. Entertainment system on a lot of seats did not work. Again food and service was good. It was a bargain to fly from Islamabad to JFK and return fare under $950. On the way back from JFK to Islamabad the same thing. All flights left and arrived on time. They serve no alcohol and their entertainment system is not the best. But they provide a great value for your money.

JFK-Heathrow-Kuwait-Islamabad. Airbus 340 from JFK to Kuwait via London. Flight left on time. On a 6.5 hour flight were served dinner and breakfast. There were plenty of free seats. London-Kuwait plane was full. Kuwait-Islamabad flight was very nice roomy seats good food. Their entertainment system is awful. Crew were courteous and polite. Food was like any other airline. For $950 fare round trip Islamabad-JFK I will fly Kuwait Airways again.

Islamabad to JFK. Islamabad to Kuwait was a Boeing 310. Nice clean aircraft. Big leather seats - spacious and comfortable seats. Food was pretty good too. Kuwait to JFK flight was a Boeing 777-200. Good condition and clean plane. Half the plane was empty so it was comfortable. A lot of seats had TV's not working. Food was good too. Service was not bad. Less than $950 for a return flight. For this price I will fly Kuwait again. Their entertainment system needs an upgrade.

The seats in Business Class barely incline 10% and their fleet is extremely old. My journey from Dallas to Mumbai took an ungodly 40 hours with long stops in NYC London Kuwait and then to Bombay. I have flown in Economy with other flights that had better seats than Kuwait Airways did in Business. No alcohol was served on those long awful flights.

Roundtrip NYC-LHR (technical stop) - KWI-MAA. Booked Economy for the cheapest deal from NYC to Chennai. Both onward and return flights delayed by more than an hour. Meals good and luggage arrived safely. IFE is dated and didn't work on both the long legs. Average service. Aircraft look old. Will avoid next time.

This was the only available flight returning from New York to Heathrow after the hurricane. BA cancelled our flight and couldn't give us another until a week later. The airline was fine although I wouldn't choose to fly with them again staff were fine plane good and it set off on time. Downside was the other passengers who did not understand air safety. One woman got out of her seat when the plane was climbing and children didn't seem to want to wear seatbelts. Other than that and it costing £8000 for 5 of us it was fine.

They have fallen behind in their customer service. I have travelled with them for 3 years in a row and have seen their service taking a downward spiral. The food has become worse. No bassinet for 6 month old baby even though it was requested while booking the flight 3 months ago. I have to give them credit for keeping time during all the 3 flights I travelled.

LHR-KWI-BKK*-MNL - (Tech stop BKK). Flew this route a few days ago and agree with earlier comments. Online check-in in London only results in you getting an online check-in receipt and nothing else not even priority check-in desk at LHR. Aircraft are dated IFE almost never works. Food is pretty bland and nasty aircraft dirty and crew can be quite rude and snappy. Safety is low priority with no real checks prior to departure passengers wandering around whilst taxiing mobile phone on throughout the flight lots of passengers listening to music on headphones during takeoff and landing. The only good point is in KWI if you go landside there is plenty to do whilst there is almost nothing airside. Tech stop in BKK has you remaining on the aircraft whilst being chased by people with vacuum cleaners. Have cancelled my return ticket and flying with another airline.

Heathrow to Manila return. Our first flight was 24 hrs delayed (although they were good with their compensation and putting us up in hotel etc.). Flight also delayed once in Kuwait. Planes had seats that either did not recline or reclined whether you wanted them to or not. Constant requests to put seat up for take off by cabin crew were only met with blank faces when I said it was the broken seats and I could not fix it. Entertainment system was poor when it worked with films finishing half way through or jumping from one thing to another. Food was good.

LDN-KWI-DEL return. Outbound travel LND-KWI no TV at all. KWI-DEL was old fleet and smelt strongly of disinfectant. Staff were unhelpful and seating space cramped. Return travel of 9 travelling only 3 TV screen worked Cabin Staff were rude inconsistent and extremely slow. Took 30 mins before someone attended to a request for a cup of water. Children were allowed to jump on seats and run about plane unaided during flight when it came to land some refused to wear seat belts. Safety landing procedures like setting chairs and footrests in position were ignored. Cabin crew were lax on take off with mobile users. When asked for help to put bag in overhead stowage was told by air hostess she had no procedure to a bag in stowage. The only good point was flights were reasonably on time.