Editing Economy of Kuwait (section)

==Transport==
{{Main|Transport in Kuwait}}
[[File:Kuwait highway.jpg|thumb|300px|A highway in Kuwait City]]

Kuwait has a modern network of [[highway]]s. Roadways extended {{convert|5749|km|0|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|4887|km|0|abbr=on}} is paved. There are more than 2 million passenger cars, and 500,000 commercial taxis, buses, and trucks in use. On major highways the maximum speed is {{convert|120|km/h|0|abbr=on}}. Since there is no railway system in the country, most people travel by automobiles.

The country's public transportation network consists almost entirely of bus routes. The state owned Kuwait Public Transportation Company was established in 1962. It runs local bus routes across Kuwait as well as longer distance services to other Gulf states.<ref name=KPTC>{{cite web|url=http://www.kptc.com.kw/newenglish/index.html|title=Public Transport Services|publisher=Kuwait Public Transportation Company|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024025550/http://kptc.com.kw/newenglish/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The main private bus company is CityBus, which operates about 20 routes across the country. Another private bus company, Kuwait Gulf Link Public Transport Services, was started in 2006. It runs local bus routes across Kuwait and longer distance services to neighbouring Arab countries.<ref name=KGL>{{cite web|url=http://www.kglpts.com|title=Public Transport Services|publisher=KGL|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202091806/http://www.kglpts.com/|archive-date=2 February 2011}}</ref>

There are two airports in Kuwait. [[Kuwait International Airport]] serves as the principal hub for international air travel. State-owned [[Kuwait Airways]] is the largest airline in the country. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the [[Kuwait Air Force]], as well as the Kuwait Air Force Museum. In 2004, the first private airline of Kuwait, [[Jazeera Airways]], was launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002594401_kuwait31.html|title=First flight for Kuwait's Jazeera Airways|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=31 October 2005|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=21 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221124401/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002594401_kuwait31.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, the second private airline, [[Wataniya Airways]] was founded.

Kuwait has one of the largest shipping industries in the region. The Kuwait Ports Public Authority manages and operates ports across Kuwait. The country's principal commercial seaports are [[Shuwaikh]] and Shuaiba which handled combined cargo of 753,334 TEU in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/13916-kuwaits-ports-continue-to-break-records-|title=Kuwait's ports continue to break records – Transportation|work=ArabianBusiness.com|date=4 June 2007|access-date=28 June 2015|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805074256/https://www.arabianbusiness.com/13916-kuwaits-ports-continue-to-break-records-|url-status=live}}</ref> Mina Al-Ahmadi, the largest port in the country, handles most of Kuwait's oil exports.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/mina-al-ahmadi.htm|title=Mina Al Ahmadi, Kuwait|work=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=28 June 2015|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126022357/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/mina-al-ahmadi.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] in [[Bubiyan Island]] is currently under construction. The port is expected to handle 2 million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]] when operations start.