At which airports does a Kuwait Airways flight to New York stop?

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Announced on March 22, 2017, Kuwait Airways flight 117 to New York (JFK) will stopover at London Stansted. In mid-2016, KU-117 began making a security stop at Shannon. The return legs of these flights do not make a stop.

The two-and-a-half-hour Shannon stopover also included passenger and baggage screening by the US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Routes Online provided this summary

Kuwait Airways on Wednesday (22MAR17) adjusted planned intermedia stop for Westbound Kuwait City โ€“ New York JFK route, which will be in effect from 21APR17. From this date, the 777-300ER will operate via London Stansted, replacing current stop in Shannon.

Kuwait Airlines has made no further announcement on the impending stopover change and has yet to clarify how this may affect passengers.

However, specific to you and your nationality, and courtesy of the Timatic search tool on Emirates, here are the details that exempt you, as the holder of a US visa, from any additional visa requirements. These are excerpted for brevity; go to the link for the full information.

Transit - Kuwait (KW)
Visa required.
TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Holders of onward tickets for a max. transit time of 24 hours.
In case of transit connections beyond 8 hours, passengers must remain airside and be accommodated in the airport transit hotel.

Transit - United Kingdom (GB)
Visa required.
Visa Exemptions:
TWOV (Transit Without Visa):
Passengers holding confirmed onward tickets passing through United Kingdom immigration to make a landside transit to a third country on a flight that departs before 23:59 the next day.

Passengers may make a landside transit if holding a valid visa which allows entry into Australia, Canada, New Zealand or USA and traveling as part of a journey to, from or transit through the country that has issued the visa.

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