Kuwaiti start-up carrier Kuwait National Airlines has formally branded itself as Wataniya Airways, the identity under which it will begin operating next year.

The airline plans to start operating with a pair of Airbus A320 aircraft, configured with just 122 seats, from January 2009.

Its name, ‘Wataniya’, means ‘national’. Chairman Abdul Salam Al Bahar says: “We selected this name because we intend to be a truly national airline for Kuwaiti travellers.”

He says the aircraft will carry a purple livery, the colour being associated with royalty, while the vertical fin will feature a symbol representing the Kuwait Towers, a group of three structures on the northern coast of Kuwait City.

“From the moment our passengers

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 10:00 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.