Gulf Air News
Gulf Air to boost Pakistan flight schedule
Gulf Air has announced it will increase its flights between Bahrain and Pakistan by 30 per cent, or from 14 to 21 flights per week, to accommodate increasing passenger demand. The approval to operate a greater number of flights follows the successful conclusion of negotiations last month between the ministry of transportation in Bahrain and Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, to increase air traffic rights between the two countries.
Gulf Air steps up flights to Pakistan
Gulf Air is increasing flights between Bahrain and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by 30% from 14 to 21 flights per week to accommodate increasing passenger demand. The approval to operate a greater number of flights follows the successful conclusion of negotiations last month between the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, to increase air traffic rights between the two countries.
Gulf Air appoints UK country manager
Gulf Air has appointed Mr. Rashid Al Gaoud as its new country manager for the United Kingdom (UK). In his new role, Mr. Al Gaoud will be responsible for driving the commercial performance of Gulf Air in the United Kingdom and building on existing strong relationships.
BBC Worldwide takes off with Gulf Air
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, today announced Gulf Air as the launch Middle Eastern airline of BBC Knowledge, a BBC-branded channel featuring award-winning factual and non-fiction content. Available through Gulf Air’s ‘Skyhub’ in-flight entertainment system, the channel will showcase world class experts including Sir David Attenborough, James May, Bruce Parry, Brian Cox, Richard Hammond, Louis Theroux, Stephen Fry, Simon Reeve and Ray Mears.
Gulf Air increases frequencies to Jeddah from double to triple daily
Gulf Air has added seven extra flights weekly to and from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, increasing capacity on the route by over 30 per cent to meet a growing market demand. The airline will now operate one extra frequency daily increasing its scheduled flights to three per day the key city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Royal Jordanian and Gulf Air celebrate successful 1st year of codeshare partnership
Gulf Air , the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, and Royal Jordanian, the national carrier of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordanannounced that the number of passengers transported by Gulf Air between Bahrain and Amman surged by 216% after a year of signing a codeshare partnership between the two carriers.
Gulf Air selects SITA for optmised network connectivity
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and SITA, have signed an agreement that will allow Gulf Air to use SITA’s network services to optimise its operations across 48 destinations where it operates.
Gulf Air resumes flights to Iran and Iraq
Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air will resume its services to Iran and Iraq from 20 September 2012 following the Bahrain Government’s approval. Flights to to Baghdad, Erbil, Najaf and Basra in Iraq and Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz and Isfahan in Iran will be operated by a combination of Embraer and Airbus fleet.
Gulf Air adds seven more flights to Bahrain
Encouraged by the strong passenger growth witnessed across the network during the summer ‘12 season, Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air today announced seven additional flights between Kuwait and Bahrain in its winter timetable that has been brought forward effective 10 September 2012.
Gulf Air welcomes new trainee recruits
Gulf Air has congratulated 28 trainee engineers following their successful completion of their two year on-the-job-training with the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is the second group of candidates that have completed their two-year training with Gulf Air.
Gulf Air and German Railways cooperate with a “Rail&Fly” agreement
Passengers flying to Frankfurt with Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air can enjoy seamless travel now to and from all cities across Germany, thanks to an agreement between the airline and Germany’s national railway company (QYG).
Gulf Air increases services to Sana’a
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will increase its flights to Sana’a from 3 to 4 times a week, as of 6th June 2012, in response to growing passenger traffic.