Kuwait City
TUESDAY, MARCH 18–Flying into Kuwait City, one gets the impression one might be headed the wrong way. The airport aisles are clotted with people in a hurry to go somewhere else. The customs officials don’t seem quite as pressed to in-process newcomers, who they reason will be here for awhile, on account of most airlines canceling flights. Even our British Airways crew seemed intent on making scarce. After depositing us around 11:00 p.m., they told us they were making a midnight run back to London with an empty plane, so as not to have to spend a night in Kuwait City.