Kuwait Airways feeling the pinch
From the BBC:
"Parliament in Kuwait has blocked the annual budget of Kuwait Airways amid predictions of further financial losses.
The airline has prediced a deficit of more than $100m for the current financial year, which started in April.
Nineteen members of parliament voted for the budget, well short of the necessary 32.
One member, Jamal al-Omar, told parliament that the country was paying more than $3m from the state budget every week to cover the shortfalls of the airline, and something must be done to stop it.
The airline operates a fleet of 15 Airbus and two Boeing 777 aircraft.
It has suffered from severe cash flow problems since the seven-month Iraqi occupation of Kuwait."