Emirates will carry Kuwait Airways passengers

This follows Kuwait Airways' suspension of its world-wide operations with the exception of services to Dubai and Cairo. Now, for example, a Kuwait Airways ticket-holder travelling from Singapore-Kuwait-Beirut can now travel without endorsement on Emirates Singapore-Dubai-Beirut.

The Endorsement Waiver Agreement between the two airlines comes into operation today. Kuwait Airways will rebook its passengers on Emirates flights where possible. Emirates will accommodate Kuwait Airways ticket-holders that have not been rebooked on a standby basis. The agreement will remain in effect until further notice.

In normal circumstances, Kuwait Airways must endorse its own tickets before they can be used for travel on Emirates. Ghaith Al Ghaith, Emirates Commercial Operations Director, said: "In this extraordinary situation, Emirates is offering every assistance to Kuwait Airways and its passengers to whom we will extend every consideration."

Following a problem-free operation yesterday, Emirates is continuing its flights between Dubai and Kuwait. Timings are changed for the afternoon service but not for the morning one.

Today and tomorrow, Flight EK 857 will depart Dubai at 1515 and arrive Kuwait 1555. The return flight EK858 will depart Kuwait at 1710 and arrive Dubai 1940.

From Tuesday March 25 until Saturday March 29, EK857 will depart Dubai at 1400, arriving Kuwait 1440. Return flight EK858 will depart Kuwait 1555 and arrive Dubai 1825.

Timings for the morning flight, operated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays remain unchanged. EK 855 departs Dubai at 0745 and arrives Kuwait at 0730. The return flight EK856 departs Kuwait at 0940 and arrives Dubai at 1210. All times given are local.

Mr Al Ghaith said: "We continue to monitor the situation closely.."

The boarding of passengers, travelling to Kuwait as their end destination, on flights to Dubai from stations across the network has now been resumed.