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Operator Classification
Operator name: Kuwait Airways
Operator type: Major/National/Low Cost
Region: Middle East
Country: Kuwait
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
(pension, per diems and brief payscale are listed further down the page)
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Currency: KWD
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Fleet
Rank
Year
 
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update

Capt top 100000gbp/yr
29/Aug/06
Capt base 2900 KWD
12/Feb/18
FO top 55000gbp 29/Aug/06
FO base 40000gbp 29/Aug/06
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt 2.1 KWD From check in to checkout if Layover.12 KWD per hour for night flights and 8 KWD per hour for day flights. Monthly overtime above 85 hours. YEarly overtime 50 KWD per hour over 750 hours.
5/Mar/18
FO night 16gbp day 14gbp
29/Aug/06
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
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Conditions
last update
Roster 777 60-85 HOURS PER MONTH. LEAVE: 45 DAYS, FIRST LEAVE CAN BE TAKEN AFTE 6 MONTHS OF FIRST LINE CHECK
12/Feb/18
Leave 45 days. 3 x 15
14/Mar/23
Staff travel 2 confirmed by KAC flights
14/Mar/23
Discounted
holidays
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Staff reductions. Some Pakistani pilots grounded on the matter of suspicious licences 5/Jul/20
   
  Outlook:  
still to decide whether to privitise, buying new aircraft has been in the plans for a long time 29/Aug/06
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Negative   5/Jul/20
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
7000hrs 29/Aug/06
     
  FO  
2000hrs 29/Aug/06
     
  SO  
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
Cadet pilots were selected From DLR testing and intensive interviews on January 2015.   14/Sep/15
   
Recruitment Process
last update
laid back interview. sim ride is main factor 29/Aug/06
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
15 A320 4 A330 10 B777 12/Feb/18
     
  Orders:  
15 A320 NEO 10 A350, and extra order of 8x A330-800neo   22/Oct/18
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
phone call 29/Aug/06
     
  Name:    
capt.b.fadhel   29/Aug/06
  Job Title:  
chief pilot A310/300 fleet   29/Aug/06
  Address:    
kuwait airport, kuwait   29/Aug/06
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
       
  Website:   
https://www.kuwaitairways.com   6/Aug/18
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
https://careers.kuwaitairways.com/index.php/main/pilot   6/Aug/18
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
kuwait.   29/Aug/06

 

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