1,190 stranded Egyptians leave Kuwait on board 7 flights

KUWAIT CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Tuesday that 1,190 stranded Egyptians in the Gulf country flew home on board seven flights.

In a statement received by MENA office in Kuwait, the directorate said that four flights carrying 740 Egyptian nationals left for Cairo, two flights with 290 Egyptians on board left for Sohag and one flight carrying 160 passengers on board left for Assiut.

The flights are operated by Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways K.S.C, Air Cairo, FlyEgypt and Air Arabia Egypt company, the statement added.