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Kuwait Airways fires CEO after authority disapproval

By Reuters
Kuwait's civil aviation authority said it had fired Kuwait Airways' CEO due to 'repeated failure to comply with aviation safety rules and regulations' Kuwait Airways/X
Kuwait's civil aviation authority said it had fired Kuwait Airways' CEO due to 'repeated failure to comply with aviation safety rules and regulations'

The CEO of state-owned Kuwait Airways, Ahmad Al-Kreebani, has been fired and replaced by Abdulwahab Al-Shatti.

Al-Shatti took over the job on Sunday, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Kreebani’s dismissal after two years in the job followed a decision by the country’s civil aviation authority to withdraw its approval for his leadership of the airline, two sources from the authority told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

In a letter seen by Reuters and addressed to the airline’s chair, the authority said it made that decision because of “repeated failure to comply with aviation safety rules and regulations and failure to meet the deadline to correct deficiencies and errors”.

Al-Kreebani was not immediately available to comment.

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