Gulf Air

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has placed a firm order for 35 Airbus aircraft. Gulf Air's current fleet includes ten A320s, six A330-200s and nine A340-300s and the new order will be more than double the number of Airbus aircraft in their fleet.

Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, bid farewell to the last of its Boeing 767 aircraft after years of exemplary service in the airline’s fleet. In a function held on 30 May, Gulf Air senior management, pilots and technical engineers gathered at the Bahrain International airport to say goodbye to the last B767 coded GV after returning from its last commercial flight.

Gulf Air, the sole national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain and one of the largest employers on the island, today signalled a new era in its employee relations by announcing a more flexible yet business-focussed work timings for its headquarters staff.

Gulf Air, known for its generous loyalty programmes, has revamped its Frequent flyer programme (FFP) website adding enhanced features and greater functionality to its public and FFP member web pages.

Gulf Air achieved the highest load factor during the month of April 2008. The national carrier has also surpassed other regional carriers in its average passenger load factor for January-March period.

Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is playing host to a major international safety workshop - the 27th International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) Reachout Workshop. The five day workshop was inaugurated today at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain by Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Mr. Björn Näf.

Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has joined hands with Ahli United Bank (AUB), one of the region's leading banking groups, to offer the bank's credit card holders a 10% discount when they choose to travel with Gulf Air.

Gulf Air's online sales strategy has been a huge success with triple digit growth fuelled by robust bookings on one of the industry's most user-friendly website - Gulfair.com.

Responding to the increasing passenger demand, Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has introduced one more flight between Abu Dhabi and Bahrain from 01 April 2008.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has for the first time brought all key security personnel from outstations under one roof in a bid to further strengthen the vigilance and security measures across the airline's network.

Gulf Air, the official airline and the title sponsor of 2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, has taken the race excitement to the skies-literally. Gulf Air has dressed up a whole aircraft body with a Formula One theme livery, which was unveiled last week by Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Mr. Björn Näf in the presence of senior government officials, VIPs, business partners and the media in a function held at the Bahrain International Airport.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, continues to make significant improvements to its operational efficiency and in February the airline was the most punctual carrier in the region.

In its progressive efforts to provide customers an enhanced travel experience Gulf Air has launched a new state-of-the-art Internet Booking Engine (IBE).

In its ongoing initiatives to provide enhanced travel experience to its customers, Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, inaugurated its fully renovated lounge at Dubai International airport this week.

Gulf Air, the national carrier for Bahrain, will introduce non-stop Shanghai service as part of the airline's growth strategy. The four times a week service will commence on 16th June 2008 and operate from Bahrain to take advantage of two-way connectivity to many Gulf and major Middle East markets.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has been granted additional capacity to India following highly successful bilateral agreement between top aviation officials of Bahrain and India.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has fully geared up its fleet and manpower to transport returning Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.

Gulf Air's recently launched 'Become a Million-Air' promotion for its Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) members, saw three lucky winners flying away with a million miles each.

Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air has introduced a third daily non-stop service between London Heathrow and Bahrain, giving business and holiday travellers better and more flexible travel options of morning and evening flights. In the return direction there is a choice of morning, afternoon and evening flights from Bahrain to London.

Gulf Air inaugurated a new state-of-the-art security office that will enforce and enhance the protection of the company headquarters.

Gulf Air's flight operations have received a further boost with the introduction of a second new narrow-body aircraft to the airline’s fleet.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is once again the official carrier of "Jewellery Arabia 2007" exhibition being held at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre from 13 to 17 November 2007.

Gulf Air’s award-winning Frequent flyer programme (FFP) has won another international award by taking Bronze at the 2007 International Direct Marketing Association (DMA) ECHO Awards.

Cheered and applauded by an ebullient gathering, Gulf Air cabin crew walked on the ramp introducing the newly designed Cabin Service Managers’ uniform, designed by Paris-based designer house, 'Creation & Image,' creators of Balmain brand uniforms.