Kuwait Airways’ new chairman and general manager Barrak Abdulmohsen Al-Sabeeh has a clear mandate from the government: prepare the carrier for its long-delayed privatisation. “To me a happy ending is to sell it off,” says a surprisingly blunt Al-Sabeeh.

In mid-October Al-Sabeeh took over as Kuwait Airways’ chief from Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah, who was openly critical of the government’s slow progress in privatising the flag carrier and its interference in management issues. Al-Sabah resigned in September along with the carrier’s entire board after the government rejected their proposed fleet renewal plan, which included 12 Boeing 787s and seven Airbus A320s. Al-Sabeeh says parliament did not agree with the old board’s view that the new fleet would add value to the carrier prior to privatisation. Instead it concluded co

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