Kuwait Airways
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Kuwait Airways is the flag carrier of Kuwait, with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport, Al Farwaniyah Governorate. It operates scheduled international services throughout the Middle East, to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Southeast Asia and North America, from its main base at Kuwait International Airport.
Kuwait National Airways Douglas DC-3 in 1955
Kuwait Airways De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4C at London Heathrow Airport in 1964
A Kuwait Airways Trident at London Heathrow in 1974
A Kuwait Airways Airbus A340-300 takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2014. The carrier received the first aircraft of the type in March 1995.
Hawker Siddeley Trident
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The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley.
In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request.
By 1960, de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley.
The Trident's maiden flight happened on 9 January 1962, and it was introduced on 1 April 1964, two months after its main competitor, the Boeing 727.
By the end of the programme in 1978, 117 Tridents had been produced. The Trident was withdrawn from service in 1995.
The Trident was one of the first trijets, with all three Rolls-Royce Spey engines rear-mounted
Offset nosewheel to accommodate a large avionics bay beneath the flight deck
Six-abreast cabin