Comments on: The Airport http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: No Seats at 2:48AM [The B-Sides] http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-44557 No Seats at 2:48AM [The B-Sides] Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:53:07 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-44557 [...] I really like the Kuwait Airport but the lack of seating keeps pissing me off. The food court although containing a nice bunch of fast food places has enough seating for a handful of people. I have mentioned this before and I have to mention it again, why the lack of seating!? People are forced to sit in the food court because there is no where else. These people usually just order a coke and sit and wait while the people that are hungry (like me) and want to eat can’t eat because there is no place to sit. [...] [...] I really like the Kuwait Airport but the lack of seating keeps pissing me off. The food court although containing a nice bunch of fast food places has enough seating for a handful of people. I have mentioned this before and I have to mention it again, why the lack of seating!? People are forced to sit in the food court because there is no where else. These people usually just order a coke and sit and wait while the people that are hungry (like me) and want to eat can’t eat because there is no place to sit. [...]

]]> By: Ablution Central http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-34135 Ablution Central Thu, 18 May 2006 15:15:35 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-34135 I agree the thinking has been in line with European airport operators( think Heathrow) but unlike London or Stockholm so far this has failed miserably in keeping the airport less crowded. Simply, extra-polating what worked in other countries to Kuwait may not be good enough: local remedies for local problems, please. Hmmn....Dhaka and Geneva and Paris and Lahore, you say...I say that's mighty intriguing. Why don't we sandwich Beirut arrivals between Peshawar and Mumbai, and New York-London between Colombo and Dhaka for a change? I agree the thinking has been in line with European airport operators( think Heathrow) but unlike London or Stockholm so far this has failed miserably in keeping the airport less crowded.
Simply, extra-polating what worked in other countries to Kuwait may not be good enough: local remedies for local problems, please.
Hmmn….Dhaka and Geneva and Paris and Lahore, you say…I say that’s mighty intriguing. Why don’t we sandwich Beirut arrivals between Peshawar and Mumbai, and New York-London between Colombo and Dhaka for a change?

]]> By: 3baid http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33729 3baid Tue, 16 May 2006 20:29:41 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33729 I think they deliberately have less seats so people don't hang around the airport and therefore, less crowds for arrivals. I think they deliberately have less seats so people don’t hang around the airport and therefore, less crowds for arrivals.

]]> By: Fatal Attraction http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33707 Fatal Attraction Tue, 16 May 2006 16:34:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33707 The trick I think lies in making sure no two flights from the Indian sub-continent and Egypt ever arrive at about the same time. Although there's little the DGCA can do about this, in an ideal world the Dhaka and Geneva arrivals could be lumped together while Lahore and Paris could easily go hand in hand. But put Dhaka, Lahore and Cairo together and you have cut yourself a very sorry spectacle. And giving credit where it's due I also think Kwt International has a sense of humor about it - anyone care to remember the old flight arrivals indicator in the arrivals concourse, you know the one where it said arrival of certain flights separate from actual arrival for certain others. :) As for departures, don't mind me but we find it comparable to a woman in obstructed labour; roomy pelvic inlet at the top and constricted at the bottom (near the duty free and departure gates)like a tight lipped os that refuses to dilate. So much for architectural ingenuity at KWI. The trick I think lies in making sure no two flights from the Indian sub-continent and Egypt ever arrive at about the same time. Although there’s little the DGCA can do about this, in an ideal world the Dhaka and Geneva arrivals could be lumped together while Lahore and Paris could easily go hand in hand. But put Dhaka, Lahore and Cairo together and you have cut yourself a very sorry spectacle. And giving credit where it’s due I also think Kwt International has a sense of humor about it - anyone care to remember the old flight arrivals indicator in the arrivals concourse, you know the one where it said arrival of certain flights separate from actual arrival for certain others. :)
As for departures, don’t mind me but we find it comparable to a woman in obstructed labour; roomy pelvic inlet at the top and constricted at the bottom (near the duty free and departure gates)like a tight lipped os that refuses to dilate.
So much for architectural ingenuity at KWI.

]]> By: holla http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33643 holla Mon, 15 May 2006 18:40:25 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33643 also ppl go to the airport to hang out bc it's open 24 hrs so they take up even more space. i am guilty of this heh. i like to go to the airport and dream about getting on the next plane to some other place. also ppl go to the airport to hang out bc it’s open 24 hrs so they take up even more space.

i am guilty of this heh. i like to go to the airport and dream about getting on the next plane to some other place.

]]> By: tim http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33634 tim Mon, 15 May 2006 16:56:55 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33634 not wanting to get eggs thrown at me, but the business/first lounges are HUGE with free phones, food, and wayyyy too many seats. It's almost too much! not wanting to get eggs thrown at me, but the business/first lounges are HUGE with free phones, food, and wayyyy too many seats. It’s almost too much!

]]> By: Joey http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33621 Joey Mon, 15 May 2006 13:19:18 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33621 I am sorry for my rude comment earlier I am sorry for my rude comment earlier

]]> By: Jewaira http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33619 Jewaira Mon, 15 May 2006 13:08:28 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33619 Actually, that is a very valid and significant argument. There is not enough seating and too many people come to see their relatives and friends off. Actually, that is a very valid and significant argument. There is not enough seating and too many people come to see their relatives and friends off.

]]> By: Noura http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33618 Noura Mon, 15 May 2006 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33618 LOL @ THE COMMENTS LOL @ THE COMMENTS

]]> By: Anon http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33611 Anon Mon, 15 May 2006 11:18:37 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33611 joey, dont you have anything to do except for complaining about people who complain? god joey, dont you have anything to do except for complaining about people who complain?

god

]]> By: Joey http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33608 Joey Mon, 15 May 2006 10:42:55 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33608 my god...don't you have anything better to do other than complaining and finding something to bitch abt? lifeles... my god…don’t you have anything better to do other than complaining and finding something to bitch abt? lifeles…

]]> By: shadyq80 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33605 shadyq80 Mon, 15 May 2006 09:58:38 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33605 No, but they have two starbucks! No, but they have two starbucks!

]]> By: Pearls http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33603 Pearls Mon, 15 May 2006 09:11:15 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33603 huh? huh?

]]> By: Anon http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33599 Anon Mon, 15 May 2006 09:00:35 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-airport/#comment-33599 security issues? left luggage, bombs? or just plain absent mindedness... its kuwait afterall :D security issues?

left luggage, bombs? or just plain absent mindedness… its kuwait afterall :D

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